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Napocor is currently blending 10 percent of local coal every month to generate power from its coal-fired facilities.


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From 1.665 million MT in 2002, coal output rose 22 percent to 2.032 million MT last year, mainly driven by the increased production from the Semirara coal mines in Antique. 


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                    [Title] => Kepco to use clean coal in 100-MW power plant
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Perez made the assurance after Iloilo residents and environmentalists raised concerns on the possible ill effects of the emissions of the coal-fired power plant in their province. 


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                    [Title] => Mining silt killing Semirara coral reefs
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"There are patterns of death and destruction in the area," said Jim Flint, a British ecosystem specialist. In fact, he said 75 percent of reefs around the island have already been damaged.


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                    [Summary] => Even as Malacañang has trashed the planned sanitary landfill on Semirara Island in Antique, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Antonio Cerilles insisted it poses no environmental risk to the biodiversity and other natural resources within and around the proposed site.


Cerilles said there is no environmental risk involved "as long as the approved environmental management plan submitted by the project proponents are strictly observed."


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Napocor mulls higher usage of local coal

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | October 22, 2005 - 12:00am

State-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) is looking at the possibility of increasing the volume of local coal that is being used to run its coal-fired power plants, a ranking company official said. Napocor is...

Business

RP coal output hits highest level in five years

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 8, 2004 - 12:00am

Local coal production breached past the two million metric ton (MT) level in 2003, its highest over the past five years, the Department of Energy (DOE) reported. From 1.665 million MT in 2002, coal output rose...

Business

Kepco to use clean coal in 100-MW power plant

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | November 27, 2003 - 12:00am

Korea Electric Corp. (Kepco) will apply clean coal technology in its 100-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant to ensure the lowest environmental impact, Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said. Perez made the assurance...

Business

Mining silt killing Semirara coral reefs

By by Leo Solinap | January 16, 2001 - 12:00am

SEMIRARA ISLAND, Antique – Heavy silt from coal mining here is slowly killing coral reefs around the island, two expert divers said. "There are patterns of death and destruction in the area," said...

Nation

‘No ecological risk at Semirara’

January 15, 2001 - 12:00am

Even as Malacañang has trashed the planned sanitary landfill on Semirara Island in Antique, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Antonio Cerilles insisted it poses no environmental risk to the biodiversity...

Nation