EDC considering drilling for new project at Mt. Mandalagan, Negros Occidental
On the Road to Candoni, Negros Occidental, (Source: Flickr, CC, by Squeezyboy)
Francisco Rojas
20 Nov 2014
EDC has currently just informed the local government of their plan and at the moment, there is no formal requests to proceed.
Local Philippine news detail that Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is eyeing to conduct drilling operations for another geothermal project in Mt. Mandalagan, Negros Occidental.
Mt. Mandalagan, which is part of the Negros Volcanic Belt, is listed by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) as a potentially active volcano.
Vice Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday that his office received the project description for the Geoscientific Study on the Mandalagan Geothermal Prospect from EDC.
The Mandalagan Geothermal Prospect is one of the identified areas of the Department of Energy that has potential for power generation for renewable energy specifically geothermal energy.
Most of the available technical data on the prospect were based on preliminary reconnaissance surveys that suggest the possible presence of geothermal resource based on the project description submitted by EDC.
Lacson said in the letter that EDC just informed the province of their plan and that they have not requested for any legislative action yet.
Source: Sun Star
