Monday, April 29, 2013

Philippines:

EDC Shuts Down BacMan Unit Again (Inquirer.net)

Energy Development Corp., is again stopping operations of the 55 MWe Unit 1 of the Bacon-Manito geothermal plants, a month after it resumed operations.

“We will shut down Unit 1 on May 2 for an inspection. We will make further decisions concerning the unit once the inspection has been carried out,” the Lopez affiliate said Monday.

Shutting down Unit 1 was part of the original plan of EDC subsidiary Bacman Geothermal Inc. to assess the power facility’s condition, on whether it will be suitable enough to run commercially.

“Based on the findings of such inspection, Bacman Geothermal will decide whether or not any restrictions to the future operation of Unit 1 are necessary or appropriate, and the recommended time intervals between future inspections of Unit 1,” EDC had said.

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