Biomass electricity for Tablas Islands

MANILA, Philippines - Romblon State University (RSU) signed a joint feasibility agreement with Clenergen Corp. and the National Power Corp. (NPC) for a one-megawatt (MW) electricity generation program for its infrastructure expansion program. RSU has a 4-MW requirement under its medium-term plan.

RSU president Jeter Sespeñe said the study is aimed at enabling the state university to obtain a dedicated, sustainable source of electricity to fulfill its mandate for expansion, utilize its resources and at the same time serve as the education and training hub for integrated biomass for electricity systems.

The biomass electricity is planned to sustain the increasing electric consumption of the university and in preparation for the implementation of the 5-year development plan of RSU coinciding with the 5-year countdown to its centennial anniversary in 2015.

“The future implication of this system for Romblon is enormous,” Clenergen CEO Mark Quinn said. “We can see immediately the turnaround of Romblon as a producer of wood chips for conversion to heating fuels, renewable power and eventually hydrocarbon fuels both for domestic distribution as well as export to Korea, Japan, and China, making its resources value jump several fold.”

Clenergen will undertake specific feasibility studies on biomass systems for offgrid areas managed by NPC. Clenergen offers strategic clean energy generation and sustainable fuel projects to address the requirement for renewable and sustainable supplies of power. Clenergen has developed a unique supply of fuel for use with proven gasification, combustion steam, pyrolysis oil and pelleting technologies.