Paris-Manila Technology Corporation (Pamatec), which is marketing typhoon-resistant wind turbines that generate electricity from wind power, believes the spike in growth being experienced by the wind industry sector will soon make the Philippines the top producer of wind energy in Southeast Asia.

Pamatec president Hubert d’Aboville said the ongoing competition among five companies to build the 86-megawatt (MW) combined power output facility at Burgos, Ilocos Norte heralds an assured future for wind energy in the country.

The Energy Development Corporation is expected to announce the winning bidder for the Burgos Wind Farm this October. The Burgos facility will produce wind energy to sell to the Luzon power grid.

“Burgos will validate wind energy as both a sustainable and profitable resource,” said D’Aboville. ”We will soon see the Philippines as the Number One producer of wind energy in Southeast Asia.”

He noted that “wind energy will donate some 400MW to the country’s electricity grid within the next three years compared to 33MW today.”

He said the wind farm in Bangui, which is adjacent to Burgos, has proven wind energy can provide reliable and cheaper electric power. There are 20 gigantic, three-bladed wind turbines at the Bangui wind farm, the first large-scale wind power plant in Southeast Asia. A Danish company built the Bangui wind farm, which came online in 2005.

“Burgos is the next, logical step in the evolution of wind energy in the Philippines. It will be very large, close to three times the size of Bangui. It should also accelerate the growth of wind energy in missionary areas,” D’Aboville said.

He said this marked growth in wind energy use is being driven by Renewable Energy Law passed in 2007. D’Aboville said the law is drawing investments into the wind energy sector and is telling investors there is a good return on investment to be made in harnessing the wind to create clean and renewable electricity.

He revealed that Pamatec and its partner, the Vergnet Groupe of France, are currently developing projects with the government’s National Power Corporation (Napocor) in selected “Small Power Utilities Group” (SPUG) areas for wind-diesel hybrid projects. From six to eight sites are candidates for wind power hybrid technology such as that supported by Pamatec/Vergnet.

Pamatec/Vergnet is also keen to bid for wind-power projects from Trans-Asia Energy and Development Corporation and other wind energy projects that support the country’s renewable energy-based electrification program. As an initial step, Pamatec has applied for accreditation with the Department of Energy as a supplier of renewable energy systems and equipment.

Pamatec is marketing Vergnet’s unique typhoon-resistant wind turbines. The mast supporting Vergnet’s giant two-blade aeroturbines can easily be lowered to the ground, protecting the turbines from destructive typhoon winds.

This unique mechanism simplifies and significantly cuts installation and maintenance costs. It also removes the need for an high-priced heavy-lift crane that is often so problematic to transport in mountainous terrain.

In contrast, traditional wind turbines cannot be lowered to the ground and rely on the robustness of their construction for protection from powerful typhoon winds, making them more costly and harder to build, and even more difficult to transport and install.

Vergnet, the world’s only maker of collapsible wind turbines, is focusing its marketing efforts on what it describes as the “Farwind market,” or countries such as the Philippines that use significant amounts of fossil fuels for their energy requirements.

D’Aboville noted Vergnet installed three of its 60- kilowatt wind turbines on Batanes Island in 2004 that have remained operational despite hits from typhoons.

He said there are more that 600 Vergnet wind turbines in operation worldwide, and that Vergnet is very confident its typhoon-resistant technology is a excellent fit for the Philippines, particularly in typhoon-prone areas that are difficult to access.

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