Alsons' 105MW coal-fired plant in Mindanao lures five bids
Construction is set to begin in 2022.
Five construction and engineering companies have submitted bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of Alson Power Group’s planned 105MW San Ramon Power, Inc. (SRPI) coal-fired power plant in Zamboanga City.
According to an announcement, the SRPI plant’s prospective EPC contractors are: China-based Dongfang Electric International Corp.; Singapore-based Jurong Engineering Ltd.; Northeast No.1 Electric Power Construction CO., Ltd. (NEPC 1) – a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Energy Engineering Group; Shandong Electric Power Construction Company (SEPCO III) – a subsidiary of Power Construction Corporation of China; and Pune, India-based ThyssenKrupp Industries India Pvt. Ltd. – a subsidiary of Germany’s Thyssenkrupp AG.
The plant will provide baseload power to Zamboanga City and nearby areas. Construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2019 whilst commercial operations are set to commence in 2022.
Alsons Power currently operates four power facilities in the island with a total generating capacity of 363 MW serving key cities such as Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iligan, General Santos and Zamboanga.