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Energy Development Corporation (EDC), one of the world's largest vertically integrated geothermal companies and the Philippines' largest geothermal producer, and its subsidiary Green Core Geothermal, Inc. have awarded ABB a multimillion-dollar order for a major retrofit to upgrade six clean energy geothermal units at two power plants in the Philippines. ABB will also provide a new Control System Integration (CSI) solution and an area control center facility for these operations.
The plants, which employ Fuji turbines and have a combined capacity of roughly 200 megawatts (MW), were first put into service in 1983 and were completed in the mid-1990s. The project's purpose is to develop a contemporary control system that can be readily upgraded in the future to take use of the latest digital technology as it becomes available.
The new solution will boost operational and maintenance efficiency while also supporting management decision-making by providing better access to superior operational information. It will also make regulating and monitoring power plants and steam fields easier from a single place.
The scope of the contract includes the conversion of a mechanical electro-hydraulic governor to a digital version and the replacement of the existing low-pressure turbine hydraulic equipment with a new a high-pressure solution. ABB will also provide performance calculation and comprehensive cyber security solutions to protect the customer’s assets.
At the heart of the solution will be ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus, part of the ABB Ability™ digital portfolio, the company’s unified, cross-industry digital offering, extending from device to edge to cloud.
The geothermal plants – known as Palinpinon 1 and Palinpinon 2 – are located in Valencia, a municipality on Negros, the fourth largest island of the Philippines and home to a number of volcanoes. The geothermal plants harness Negros’ volcanic activity electricity to meet the growth in energy demand in the central part of the country.
“With this order, ABB has been able to leverage its extensive experience in digital technologies, in high-pressure turbine control systems and in geothermal plants in this region, as well as its close working relationship with EDC on previous projects,” said Kevin Kosisko, managing director of ABB’s Power Generation & Water business. “This project reflects ABB’s aspiration of enabling a cleaner planet by making sustainable operations more accessible for our customers through innovative emerging digital technologies.”
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