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BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
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BACOLOD City – The general manager of the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) expressed apprehension on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plan to open more solar power plants in Negros Island.
According to Dan Pondevilla, the current solar power supply in the island is unstable.
“Right now we are having fluctuations due to the intermittent supply of solar power,” Pondevilla said. “The DOE should study the viability of putting up more solar plants in the island.”
He urged the Energy department to look into the impact studies of the existing solar power plants in Negros.
San Carlos and Cadiz cities and Manapla town in Negros Occidental — all under Noneco’s franchise area — host solar farms.
Last week National Grid Corp. of the Philippines officials said they are completing the connection of transmission lines from Negros to Cebu and Panay islands to redirect power from the solar plants.
Ancillary plants may need to be built to compensate for the unstable solar power supply, said Pondevilla.
“I don’t think there is oversupply of power. We need more power plants for the Visayas grid. We need a stable source of power,” he said./PN
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