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The Makiling–Banahaw (Mak–Ban) Geothermal Power Plant is a 458-MW geothermal power station complex in Laguna and Batangas, Philippines. [ 1 ] The facility and the geothermal field are named after Makiling and Banahaw mountains.
Geothermal power in the Philippines is the country's second largest source of renewable energy, and the fifth largest source of energy overall. Among sources of renewable energy, it is second only to hydroelectric power, although both sources are surpassed by the amount of energy drawn from coal, oil, and natural gas in that order.
Mount Makiling (also spelled Maquiling) is an inactive stratovolcano located in the provinces of Laguna and Batangas on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.The mountain rises to an elevation of 1,090 meters (3,580 ft) above mean sea level and is the highest feature of the Laguna Volcanic Field.
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Palinpinon 1 Geothermal Power Plant: Valencia, Negros Oriental: 112.5 1983, 1993 – 1994, 1995 Steam is from Southern Negros Geothermal Production Field [2] [4] [5] Palinpinon 2 Geothermal Power Plant
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The Philippines utilizes renewable energy sources including hydropower, geothermal and solar energy, wind power and biomass resources. [citation needed] In 2013, these sources contributed 19,903 GWh of electrical energy, representing 26.44 percent of the country's electricity needs. [1]
Pilot geothermal plant. 1970. The Commission on Volcanology conducted an exploration of the Tiwi geothermal field from 1964 to 1968. [2]The Philippine government in early 1971 invited the Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) to form the Philippine Geothermal, Inc. (PGI) which is intended as a joint venture for the exploration and development of geothermal energy.