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  2. Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Malinao Volcano - Wikipedia

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    There was a minor phreatic explosion in the Naglagbong pool area in Tiwi on July 29, 1980, ejecting mud and rocks up to 2 ⁄ 3 metre (2 ft 2 in), reaching 150 metres (490 ft) in height and distances up to 350 metres (1,150 ft). One person was injured and two buildings were damaged by the explosion.

  4. Geothermal power in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Larger-scale commercial production of geothermal power began in 1979 with the commissioning of a 110-megawatt plant at Tiwi field in Albay province. IGA figures [ 9 ] as of December 2009 show the nation's installed geothermal capacity stands at 1904 megawatts, with gross generation of 10,311 gigawatt-hrs for all of 2009, representing 17% of the ...

  5. Tiwi, Albay - Wikipedia

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    Tiwi, officially the Municipality of Tiwi (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Tiwi; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tiwi) is a municipality in the Province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,444 people.

  6. List of power plants in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant: Tiwi, Albay 275 1979 Philippine Geothermal Production Company, Inc. ...

  7. The World Bank Group's Uncounted - The Huffington Post

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    In 2005, the government of India unveiled a bold scheme to bring its poorest citizens into the 21st century. It would commission a series of coal-fired power plants — each with seven times the capacity of its average U.S. counterpart — that would provide cheap electricity in a country where one-third of the population lives off the grid.

  8. Mak–Ban Geothermal Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    The Chevron Geothermal Philippine Holdings, Inc., under a service contract with the state-owned National Power Corporation (NPC) commissioned the geothermal station field in 1979. [2] The Mak–Ban facility was developed after the Tiwi facility in Albay which first became operational in the same year. [3]

  9. Bicol Region - Wikipedia

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    Pocdol Mountains with its highest elevation at 1,102 metres (3,615 ft), is a fumarolic group of volcanoes situated between Albay and Sorsogon provinces. It is the location of the Bac-Man Geothermal Power Plant and the PNOC Eco-Park, a 25,100-hectare (62,000-acre) ecotourism park maintained and protected by the Philippine National Oil Company ...