RAMON, Isabela: SN Aboitiz Power-Magat Inc. (SNAP-Magat) has inaugurated its P2.15-billion hydro plant in Barangay Ambatali here. Lawyer Michael Hosillos, SNAP vice president and chief corporate services officer, said the Maris Main Canal 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant (Maris Hydro) will generate an additional 8.5 megawatt for its 380-MW Magat hydroelectric power plant (Magat hydro). He said the Maris hydro, which was inaugurated on Thursday, is the first power plant that the SNAP Group has built since it acquired the Magat hydro in 2007 through privatization. “As a run-of-river hydro plant, Maris hydro utilizes water coming from Magat hydro that goes into the Maris re-regulating dam located downstream of Magat, before flowing into the Maris Main [South] Irrigation Canal,” Hossilos said. Gatchalian said the Maris hydro project shows that it is viable to utilize water flowing from existing hydro plants for another power generation.

Source: Manila Times January 27, 2018 16:18 UTC