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Bataan Nuclear Power Plant impossible to revive –
Marcos Jr
LAGUNA, Philippines – Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr acno!ledged on "ednesda#, March $, thatit is “technicall# i%possible” to r&n the Bataan N&clear Po!er Plant 'BNPP(, the !hite elephant pro)ect b&iltd&ring the president o* his *ather and na%esae+
“ngineers tell &s it is di**ic< to r&n the Bataan N&clear Po!er Plant,” the -ice presidential candidate toldreporters d&ring a local sortie in the -ote.rich pro-ince o* Lag&na+
“Number one 'yung fuel ay nawala na. Pangalawa, 'yung makina, at marami nang babaguhin. Marami nangteknolohiya ang dumating in 30 years,” he added+ '/he *&el has been depleted+ Secondl#, the %achine has to berein-ented+ /here ha-e been ne!er technologies in the past 01 #ears+(
2onstr&cted d&ring the ti%e o* his *ather, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, the BNPP is a 3$+0.billion'P415.billion( pro)ect that has been abandoned in the last 0 decades+ '/he go-ern%ent spends 34+16 %illion'P71 %illion( a #ear to %aintain the energ# generator located in Morong, Bataan+
8e-i-ing the BNPP, !hich has a capacit# o* 611 %ega!atts 'M"(, res&r*aced d&ring the po!er crisis in $149+B&t it !o&ld tae as %&ch as 3911 'P45 billion( to 3611 %illion 'P$5 billion( to re-i-e the *acilit#+
Cheap, reliable power
Marcos stressed, ho!e-er, that setting &p a n&clear po!er plant in the co&ntr# is still a “-iable and practical” pro)ect+
“Ang Amerika tuloytuloy !a rin ang de"elo!ment ng !ower !lant. Ang #a!an ganun din, ang mga highly
industriali$ed %ountries. &umagamit lahat ng nu%lear !ower kayat makikita mo in terms of %ost they %onsider
it "iable,” he noted+
':n A%erica, the# contin&e to de-elop po!er plant+ /hat is also !hat the# do in Japan and other highl#ind&striali;ed co&ntries+ -er#one &ses n&clear po!er that<s !h# #o& can see in ter%s o* cost, the# consider it-iable+(
=e-eloping ne! so&rces o* energ# is necessar#, he said, beca&se o* the c&rrent de%and *or po!er, especiall# i*the co&ntr# !ill contin&o&sl# tae the path o* ind&striali;ation+
“/he s&ppl# o* cheap and reliable po!er %&st be increased to acco%%odate progressi-e ind&stries,” he said inFilipino+ – Rappler.com
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Aging power plants causing emergency shutowns!
B# :ris Gon;ales '/he Philippine Star( > Updated Ma# 4?, $149 . 4$@11a%MAN:LA, Philippines . /he proble% o* aging po!er plants is ca&sing the gro!ing incidence o* e%ergenc# and
etended %aintenance sh&tdo!ns a%ong the co&ntr#<s po!er plants, highlighting the need *or ne! po!er *acilities,nerg# Secretar# 2arlos Jericho Petilla said+
“/he plants are old+ So%e are older than : a%,” said the 74.#ear.old go-ern%ent eec&ti-e+Petilla said it is &na-oidable that so%e &nits o* the eisting plants are coning o&t+/his !ee !ill be critical *or the L&;on grid, as it !o&ld again be placed on #ello! alert toda# and !ith the highestde%and epected to be recorded in the last t!o !ees o* the %onth at 5,679 %ega!atts+
A red alert %eans there is se-ere po!er de*icienc# !hile a #ello! alert %eans that contingenc# reser-es are belo!the %ini%&% le-el set b# the reg&lator b&t does not necessaril# %ean po!er o&tages or blaco&ts+ A !hite alert %eans thesit&ation is bac to nor%al+ As o* last Frida#, si po!er plants !ere o** the grid, so%e since last #ear d&e to -aried reasonss&ch as sched&led %aintenance, etended %aintenance or e&ip%ent da%age+
/he po!er plants incl&ded the Unit $ o* the 2alaca Po!er Plant in Batangas !ith the capacit# o* 001 %ega!atts+/he plant has been o&t since last =ece%ber on sched&led %aintenance+Another is the Sta+ 8ita %od&le 91 '$60 M"( in Batangas, !hich has been o&t since last Febr&ar# and on etendedsh&tdo!n d&e to proble% enco&ntered !ith its generator trans*or%er and still being in-estigated b# its cons<ants+/he Unit 4 o* the Mala#a /her%al Po!er Plant in 8i;al '011 M"(, !hich has been o&t since March d&e to high t&rbine-ibrationC Unit 6 o* the Li%a# plant '61 M"( in Bataan, !hich has been o&t since March d&e to high t&rbine -ibrationCLi%a# D and 5 '4D1 M"(, o&t since April, d&e to still &ndeter%ined ca&seC and /her%a Mobile<s diesel generator 4 '?M"( o* the Aboiti; Gro&p, !hich has been o&t since Ma# 9, d&e to a rotor proble%+
Ead the go-ern%ent.o!ned Mala#a Plant been called to r&n in No-e%ber and =ece%ber !hen the Mala%pa#a gas to po!er *acilit# !as on %aintenance sh&tdo!n last #ear, Petilla said both &nits %a# ha-e coned o&t b# no! and !o&ld notha-e been a-ailable this s&%%er+
/he Po!er Sector Assets and Liabilities Manage%ent 2orp+ 'PSALM(, the go-ern%ent corporation tased to%anage state.o!ned po!er assets incl&ding Mala#a, said the plant<s second &nit has been r&nning and pro-iding s&pportsince March+ “Mala#a has been r&nning as a %&st.r&n &nit since the last !ee o* March,” PSALM president %%an&elLedes%a Jr+ said+
/o help %itigate the critical po!er sit&ation, the =epart%ent o* nerg# '=( !ill hold tals !ith retailelectricit# s&ppliers '8S( as part o* e**orts to loo *or additional so&rces o* po!er *or the co&ntr#, !hich is c&rrentl#*acing rising po!er de%and and inade&ate s&ppl#+Petilla said the 8S can pro-ide additional po!er !hen needed or !hen the grids are placed on red alert+
Ee said = director M#lene 2apongcol o* the depart%ent<s lectric Po!er :nd&str# Manage%ent B&rea& !o&ld
be %eeting !ith generation co%panies that ha-e 8S entities to disc&ss !a#s on ho! the# can help !hen po!er s&ppl# istight+
8S re*ers to an# entit# a&thori;ed b# the nerg# 8eg&lator# 2o%%ission '82( to sell, broer, %aret oraggregate electricit# to the contestable %aret !hich consists o* a gro&p o* end.&sers !ho ha-e an a-erage pea de%ando* 4 M" *or 4$ %onths+
“/he = !ill be taling to these 8S+ Malls and other ind&strial &sers get their po!er s&ppl# *ro% 8S,”Petilla said+Petilla said the = !o&ld be %eeting the 8etail lectricit# S&ppliers Association '8SA( to disc&ss !a#s onho! the# can participate in addressing the po!er sit&ation+
/his is si%ilar to the case o* the so.called :nterr&ptible Load Progra% ':LP( *or L&;on, !hich !as created to pro-ide bac.&p capacit# !hen po!er s&ppl# is lo!+Eo!e-er, Petilla said the %ore per%anent sol&tion is *or the pri-ate sector to b&ild %ore po!er plants+
“/hat<s !h# !e reall# need ne! po!er plants,” he said+
n the other hand, the National Grid 2orp+ o* the Philippines 'NG2P( ass&red the p&blic that its trans%ission lines arestable eno&gh to bring po!er to the L&;on grid+Lilibeth Ga#do!en, NG2P corporate co%%&nications and p&blic a**airs o**icer, said the sched&led po!er interr&ptions!ere to gi-e !a# to reg&lar %aintenance !or, incl&ding replace%ent o* !orn.o&t trans%ission and *acilities+She said this is to ens&re that their trans%ission *acilities are %ore than capable to deli-er the needed po!er *ro% -ario&s po!er so&rces s&ch as coal, geother%al and h#dro plants to electric cooperati-es+“Unlie in Mindanao, !e ha-e %an# so&rces o* po!er that is !h# !e still trans%it stable po!er *or o&r cons&%ers,” shesaid+ -er the !ee, so%e parts o* L&;on, incl&ding N&e-a i;ca#a, :sabela and :*&gao, ha-e eperienced 41.ho&r po!er o&tages as !ell as %o%entaril# po!er disr&ptions+“/hese te%porar# po!er interr&ptions res<ed in trans*or%ing o&r po!er *acilities and e&ip%ent into a stable conditionthereb# ens&ring s&**icient and contin&o&s *lo! o* po!er,” Ga#do!en said+ – "ith Charlie #agasca
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Coal power plants in Bataan commit human rights violations
MAN:LA, Philippines . /he !ind ble!, carr#ing !ithit a certain s%ell o* s&l*&r and an a%o&nt o* ash that later co-ered the road+ :t !as lie Ne! Hear<s -e, ecept there !ereno *ire!ors and certainl# nothing to celebrate+ /his ise-er#da# li*e *or the co%%&nit# li-ing near the coal.*ired po!er plant in La%ao, Li%a#, Bataan, a barangay 'co%%&nit#( o* 45,111 people in the northern part o* the Philippines+
Petron 2orporation constr&cted the coal.*ired po!erplant in La%ao and has been in operation *or $ #ears+ SanMig&el 2orporation 'SM2(, thro&gh SM2 Global Po!er Eoldings 2orp+, has been constr&cting its other coal.*ired po!er plants in the area !hich are set to be online b# $146 and $14D+
More epansions b# the co%pan# are e#ed as 8a%onAng, president o* SM2, has been openl# aggressi-e in b&ildingcoal.*ired po!er plants in the area and other parts o* theco&ntr#+ According to arth)&stice, coal ash re%ains *ro% b&rning coal in po!er plants are toic and can ca&se cancer,respirator# illness, ne&rological da%age, and de-elop%ental proble%s+ /he toic le-el o* coal ash !hich %ostl# co%e *ro%arsenic, %erc&r#, lead, and chro%i&%, also poison drining!ater so&rces+ :n *act, a percentage o* the pop&lation hasac&ired respirator# proble%s and !ater has recentl# been
conta%inated+Approi%atel# 5 ilo%eters a!a# *ro% La%ao, Baranga#L&canin in Mari-eles, Bataan also *ace the sa%e ha;ards@ thesea, their so&rce o* li-elihood, has been conta%inated !ith coalash, and residents ha-e ac&ired sin diseases+ According to=ere 2abe o* N&clear Free Bataan Mo-e%ent, coal ash !astecan reach &p to 91 ilo%eter radi&s+B&t coal ash in the area isn<t onl# bro&ght to the% b# the !ind,Petron 2orporation also d&%ps their coal ash !aste in the area,!hich the co%pan# later t&rns into ce%ent+ L&canin has seen thee**ects o* this !aste as the co%%&nit# eperiences high%orbidit# o* &pper respirator# diseases+$n%ustices
B&t ash *all is )&st the tip o* the iceberg+ 8esidents o* La%ao are*acing -iolence and harass%ent a%idst the *ight against their e-iction *ro% their o!n land to acco%%odate the ne! coal.*ired po!er plants b# SM2+ /he co%%&nit# has been &p in ar%s,especiall# !ith 441 *a%ilies *acing e-iction I b&t not !itho&tcost+John, an o**icer o* Federation o* La%ao 2oncerned 2iti;ens,:nc+ 'FLA22:(, recalls that on Febr&ar# $4, $149, %e%bers o* the Merit Sec&rit# Agenc# ca%e to the site o* his s%all b&#ingand selling o* scrap %aterials b&siness, ar%ed !ith long ri*les,and started destro#ing his storage space+ -en prior to this,Ana, another resident o* La%ao, !as harassed b# sec&rit#g&ards o* the Philippine National il 2o%pan# 'PN2(, also*ro% the sa%e sec&rit# agenc#+8esidents o* La%ao are no longer per%itted to reno-ate,i%pro-e, or repair their ho%es+ According to PN2, the# !ill be de%olished in preparation *or the %<iple coal.*ired po!er plants !hich !ill be b&ilt b# SM2+Ja%es sa#s that Merit Sec&rit# Agenc# has p&t &p chec pointsin the area, inspecting each passerb# *or an# constr&ction%aterials+ :n addition to checpoints, 7 g&ards are on ro-ingd&t# dail#, checing i* an# o* the residents ha-e been doingho%e i%pro-e%ents+ /he g&ards ha-e alread# destro#edn&%ero&s ho&ses in the area+
/here are %ore than 91 coal.*ired po!er plants !hichha-e been appro-ed to be b&ilt in di**erent parts o* the co&ntr#+
/hese are said to be the ans!er to the co&ntr#<s energ# crisidespite opposition *ro% the p&blic and en-iron%ental gro&ps+2a%paigns *ro% di**erent organi;ations highlight rene!abenerg# as the path to a s&stainable and a %ore en-iron%ent anhealth *riendl# *&t&re+ B&t is there roo% *or a shi*t *ro% direnerg# to rene!able energ# in a co&ntr# !hose president donot s&pport itKSin diseases ha-e beco%e ra%pant beca&se o* toic !astes coal po!er plants in Bataan+
:n the State o* the Nation Address 'SNA( o* PresideA&ino last $140, he said, “=id the# happen to %ention threne!able energ# is also %ore epensi-e I *ro% the cost b&ilding the plants to the e-ent&al price o* energ#K =id th%ention that it cannot pro-ide the baseload I the capacre&ired to %ae s&re bro!no&ts do not occ&rK :* #o& p&t &p!ind.po!ered plant, !hat do #o& do !hen there is no !indK #o& p&t &p a solar plant, !hat do #o& !hen the s# is clo&d#K”#an isputes
Jana started reb&ilding her s%all rental space in La%ao+ :t coher P0,111 !hich she ga-e to a certain Mr :gnacio, co%%ando* the sec&rit# agenc#, and a certain Mr Miranda, to allo! her sa*el# b&ild her space+ B&t in Febr&ar# $149, she !as %et !i
harass%ent !hen Mr :gnacio !as replaced b# a certain M2arag !ho ordered her place to be de%olished+ "ith hh&sband o&t o* the co&ntr# and *or *ear o* retaliation, Jana h*iled no cases against an#one+Land disp&te bet!een PN2 and the residents o* La%ao h been ongoing *or so%e ti%e+ According to the residents, the aro* La%ao has been a!arded to the% b# President 8a%Magsa#sa# in the 71s+ Eo!e-er, d&ring the presidenc# Ferdinand Marcos, !ho created the PN2 to respond to the ocrisis, La%ao !as a!arded to the PN2 and has since thclai%ed the area+
Li-elihood in L&canin, Mari-eles, Bataan, is a**ectas coal ash conta%inates the seabed+ As the epansion plans
coal.*ired po!er plants in the area increases, the n&%ber h&%an rights -iolations also see% to gro! in n&%ber+ "hiresidents ha-e co%plained abo&t health and !ater ha;ards tcoal.*ired po!er plant has ca&sed, PN2 &ses the sa%e rhetorto dri-e the% o&t o* their land+:nstead o* sh&tting do!n the coal po!er plant !hich ha**ected the co%%&nit#, PN2 has told the% to lea-e theho%es *or a relocation site !hich !ill be pro-ided *or the%+ Bas !ith all relocation sites in the Philippines, it is *ar *ro% theli-elihood and !itho&t access to e%plo#%ent+/he belie* that coal is cheap has been accepted b&t sadl#, its recosts I health ha;ards, da%age to agric<&re and *isherie!ater conta%ination, en-iron%ental da%age, and land grabbinall o* !hich are h&%an rights -iolations I are not calc&lated+/he co%%&nit# in La%ao has been asing the go-ern%ent clean.&p the en-iron%ental ha;ards and toic !astes *ro% thPetron coal.*ired po!er plant+ /he# also as the go-ern%ent allo! the% to sta# in the land that has been a!arded to the% antheir *a%ilies in the 71s, !hich !ill be taen a!a# *ro% the% gi-e !a# to %ore in*rastr&ct&res that !ill increaendanger%ent o* their li-es and li-elihood+/he residents are going against big corporations+ "hat can tgo-ern%ent doK “8SA '8a%on Ang( is -er# bold+ Ee b&il plants e-en !itho&t o**tae and *inancial closing+ "e sho&ha-e %ore o* his ind,” sa#s Jericho Petilla, secretar# o* th=epart%ent o* nerg# '=(+ & Rappler.com
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'he en o( the %eepney) Manila goes green
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/he Philippines cro!ded capital, Manila, is notorio&s *or its tra**ic )a%s and poll&tion+ And one o* the biggestso&rces o* these proble%sK /he cit#s *a%o&s )eepne#s+
Global lectric /ransport 'G/( – !hich has o**ices in the U+S+, Eong ong and the Philippines – is looing toset &p a co%plete transportation ecos#ste% *or the cit#, introd&cing its 2M/ electric -ehicle to replace the )eepne#, !hich are a %ini.b&ses based on the chassis o* U+S+ Ar%# Jeeps le*t o-er in the Philippines a*ter "orld"ar ::+
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"hat !e are tr#ing to sol-e here is a proble%, Freddie /inga, G/s president, told 2NB2s S&stainablenerg#+
Most co%panies, the# tr# to sell a prod&ctO !e are sa#ing there is a proble% o&t here – poll&tion, tra**ic andall o* that, /inga added+
/he idea is not onl# do #o& co%e &p !ith an electric -ehicle – and, %ind #o&, not an electric -ehicle *or therich b&t an electric -ehicle *or the %assesO 'b&t( then #o& %anage it+
/he 2M/ &ses lithi&% ion batteries and can carr# &p to $1 people and reach a top speed o* 77 ilo%eters perho&r, according to G/+
A )eepne# generates abo&t 91 g o* carbon dioide e%itted e-er# da#, so #o& tae a )eepne# o&t and #o&replace it !ith an electric -ehicle that is ho! %&ch #o& change, /inga said+
:* o&r goal is to hit $1,111 o* these &nits in three #ears ti%e, #o& are taling abo&t 511,111 ilogra%s a da# o*carbon dioide !e !ill be taing o&t, he added+
Manila is not the onl# cit# looing to bring abo&t a sea change in its transport s#ste%+ :n London h#drogen *&el
b&ses, electric h#brid b&ses and o-er 4,111 electric charging points highlight a co%%it%ent to going green+
Bac in the Philippines, co%%&ter Sara Brillantes said that it !as, abo&t ti%e o&r go-ern%ent does so%ethinglie this to reg&lari;e and to *i o&r transport s#ste%+