Alabat Wind Power Corp. (AWPC), a subsidiary of Alternergy Holdings Corp., has completed an overhead sea-crossing transmission link that will connect its 64-megawatt (MW) Alabat Wind Project in Quezon Province and the Luzon mainland.
Spanning 1.4 kilometers, the overhead crossing forms part of the project’s 37-kilometer (km), 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line. The crossing required two 100-meter-tall and two 45-meter tall lattice towers, providing the infrastructure needed to transfer electricity from Alabat island to the Luzon grid.
‘Developing a wind project on an island requires more than building the generating facility itself. It also means creating the infrastructure needed to deliver clean power to consumers,’ said Gerry Magbanua, president of Alternergy.
‘The Alabat sea crossing addresses that challenge and demonstrates our ability to deliver complex infrastructure that unlocks the potential of the country’s renewable energy resources.’ The transmission route links the wind farm on Alabat Island to a connection point along the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) Gumaca-Lopez (Hondagua) 69-kV transmission line. The broader transmission infrastructure includes 483 poles spanning 37 km.
The Alabat Wind Power Project consists of eight 8-MW wind turbines, the largest commercial wind turbines deployed outside China, supplied by Envision Energy and designed to withstand typhoons. It is the first wind farm in Quezon province and is among the first wind projects to be completed under the Department of Energy’s second Green Energy Auction Program.
The Alabat project, together with the 128-MW Tanay Wind Power Project in Rizal, is expected to lift Alternergy’s operating capacity to about 311 MW from 119 MW by the end of 2026.