Masinloc Power Partners Co., Ltd

completed

Masinloc CTPP is located about 250 km northwest of Metro Manila, in the north of Luzon. The site is on a peninsula that extends into the South China Sea. It is bordered on the north and east by agricultural plantations and informal rural communities, and Oyon Bay is immediately south. The plant occupies an area of about 137 ha, including 11 ha on land reclaimed from the sea. The Masinloc plant was designed and commissioned in 1998 as a two-unit, 600 MW plant. It is anticipated that in the future MPPC will undertake an expansion of the plant subject to securing all the permits and consents and economic and environmental viability. There is currently no definite plan for expansion.The power plant consists of two 300 MW coal-fired thermal power units, providing a total output of 600 MW. Power generated is delivered at the plant’s 230 kV switchyard connected to the transmission system of TRANSCO. The plant utilizes refined coal from Australia, China, Indonesia and occasionally local coal. Coal is received at an offshore jetty, transported onshore via a 1 km conveyor system, and stored in stockpiles with a capacity of 270,000 tons. Crushed coal from the stockpiles is transferred to coal silos, to pulverizers for final grinding, and then to the boilers. Fuel oil is used for start-up and has increasingly been used as supplemental fuel at the plant. Seawater from Oyon Bay is utilized for cooling. Fly ash is collected by electrostatic precipitators (ESP) and bottom ash is collected by the boiler’s bottom hopper, prior to transfer to an onsite ash disposal area. Fly ash has historically been sold to a third party broker for use in cement; this is expected to continue under MPPC.