DOE shortlists 12 RE projects for third green energy auction contracts
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 12 potential winning bidders for its third Green Energy Auction (GEA-3), which offers hydropower, pumped-storage hydropower, and geothermal energy contracts.
In a notice of award posted on the website DOE on June 9, it listed two developers for impounding hydropower, seven for pumped-storage hydro, and three geothermal developers for GEA-3.
For the impounding hydropower category, the Gened 1 and 2 hydroelectric power projects won the bid, each with an offered capacity of 150 megawatts (MW).
For Lot 1 pumped storage hydro, the winning bidders were the 500 MW-Kibungan pumped storage hydroelectric power project, 600-MW Wawa pumped storage 1 hydroelectric power project, and 1,400-MW Pakil pumped storage hydroelectric power project.
Included in the Lot 2 pumped storage hydro were the 800-MW San Roque lower east pumped storage hydroelectric power project, 800-MW San Roque west storage hydroelectric power project, and 2,000-MW Maton pumped storage hydroelectric power project.
Additionally, the 250-MW Aklan pumped storage hydroelectric power project has been listed for the pumped-storage hydropower lot 3.
There are three geothermal projects that have won the bid, including the 3.69-MW Mindanao 3 binary geothermal power plant expansion project phase 3-unit 1, 21.5-MW Tanawon geothermal power plant-unit 1, and five-MW Bago binary geothermal power plant.
The notice of award is subject to the non-FIT green energy tariff (GET), which allows renewable energy (RE) developers to sell power outside of the feed-in-tariff (FIT) scheme.
According to the DOE, these winning bidders must write a confirmation of acceptance of the award alongside their post-auction documents within the next 15 days.