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AboitizPower fully restored 6 MW binary plant at MakBan geothermal project

AboitizPower fully restored 6 MW binary plant at MakBan geothermal project Makban geothermal power plant, Philippines (source: ThinkGeoEnergy, creative commons)
Alexander Richter 27 Apr 2017

AboitizPower reports having restored operation of its 6 MW binary geothermal power plant at the MakBan geothermal power complex.

Reported this morning from the Philippines, AboitizPower has fully restored its 6 MW geothermal binary plant at the Makiling-Banahaw Geothermal Project.

Binary Plant 1 utilizes excess heat from spent brine to generate clean and renewable energy for the Luzon Grid. At MakBan, the water in the reservoir that is not hot enough is fed into the binary unit for power generation. The Binary Plant 1 became operational in the second half of 2016 after the completion of restoration work.

“It took us more than a year to complete the restoration, but we were able to add 6 MW installed capacity of renewable energy to our facility, utilizing heat from geothermal byproducts and idle equipment,” AP Renewables Inc. President and COO Felino Bernardo said.

The Binary Plant 1 is one of three binary cycle power plants in the MakBan Geothermal Project Complex. The binary cycle plants were decommissioned in 2008. Of the three, only Binary 1 was found viable for rehabilitation.

Source: Manila Bulletin