Subic Bay power station (Kepco)

Subic Bay power station (Kepco) is a proposed 200-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned by Kepco Philippines Corp. (a subsidiary of the Korean Electric Power Company for the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, the Philippines.

The project has been cancelled for Subic Bay, but Kepco is searching for other sites in the Philippines to construct the coal facility.

(This station is separate from another proposed plant in the area, the 600 MW Subic power station by Redondo Peninsula Energy.)

Location
The map below shows the location of the Hanjin Heavy Industries facility in Subic Bay; the coal plant would presumably be constructed at or near this facility.

Background on Plant
In 2011 Kepco Philippines Corp. announced it was planning to put up a 200- to 300-megawatt coal plant to supply electricity for ship builder Hanjin Heavy Industries located in Subic Bay.

An official of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority confirmed that they received a request for a feasibility study for the project, but said “I doubt it is feasible to produce power for one locator only."

In 2013 it was reported that a memorandum of understanding allowing the proposed power station was signed between the Philippine and Korean governments in 2011, but Kepco later decided to consider another location for its proposed coal facility, and was looking at potential sites in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines.

Project Details

 * Sponsor: KEPCO Philippines Corp.
 * Location: Subic Bay, the Philippines
 * Coordinates: 14.815877, 120.2742 (approximate)
 * Status: Cancelled
 * Gross Capacity: 200 MW
 * Type:
 * Projected in service: Unit 1: 2017; Unit 2: 2018
 * Coal Type:
 * Coal Source:
 * Source of financing:

Public opposition
In Nov. 2011, an official with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) confirmed that KEPCO Philippines Corp. had applied to build a coal plant in Subic Bay - in addition to Redondo Peninsula Energy's Subic power station, which was already proposed and facing public opposition.

On Dec. 6, 2012, at an energy investment summit, KEPCO Philippines President Kyu-Beng Hwang stated that the company was still planning on building a coal plant in the Philippines — although he did state that the project site "has yet to be determined." Several days later, the chair of the SBMA, Roberto Garcia, stated that the construction of KEPCO's additional coal plant in Subic Bay was "not going to happen. We won't allow that." Garcia also stated that "as I understand it, they have already changed the location of the project to Bataan."

As of April 2013, it appeared that KEPCO was not planning on building a coal plant in Subic Bay.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Philippines and coal

External resources

 * "Meralco Group Structure," accessed December 2013