The Energy Department and Semirara Mining and Power Corp. signed an agreement to build a 50-megawatt mine-mouth power plant in Antique province. Cusi said Semirara Mining would construct an initial 50-MW mine-mouth plant while Transco would enable the construction of the transmission lines. The department will endorse the power project as an energy project of national significance under Executive Order No. 5 to SMPC for a coal mining project in Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique in 1977. Semirara Mining is the country’s biggest coal producer whose coal mine is located in Caluya, Antique.

Source: The Standard August 16, 2017 12:45 UTC