Bataan coal plant wins Asian top award
‘I am deeply honored to stand before you today to accept the Gold award for the Coal Power Project of the Year on behalf of GNPower Dinginin’
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‘I am deeply honored to stand before you today to accept the Gold award for the Coal Power Project of the Year on behalf of GNPower Dinginin’
Mariveles, Bataan — GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. won the Gold Award for the Coal Power Project of the Year Category at the Asian Power Awards 2023 held at the Westin Grand Ballroom in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday.
GNPD president and CEO Dennis Jordan accepted the award from the prestigious award-giving body in the power sector business, bringing together the industry's top leaders, innovators and experts.
As of September 2023, GNPD has supplied an equivalent of approximately seven percent to the Luzon and Visayas Grid, which is the highest combined demand in the Philippines, through over 26 supply agreements.
In its home province Bataan alone, GNPD supplies 22 percent of the province's total power requirements.
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From its humble beginnings in September 2016, the company reached 97.38 percent of its Equivalent Availability Factor performance YTD by September 2023, with units running up to 128 days continuously without deration or outage — something that's unheard of and unexpected from a new complex facility as a supercritical plant.
Furthermore, the plant has a Flue Gas Desulfurization Technology, enabling the plant to operate with a high efficiency, low emission process, and with the flexibility to use different types of coal that helps it provide competitive energy prices whilst looking after the environment.
"I am deeply honored to stand before you today to accept the Gold award for the Coal Power Project of the Year on behalf of GNPower Dinginin," Jordan said. "As a new power plant that has only been commercially operating for two years, we are flowing with immense pride and gratitude as we receive this incredible acknowledgment."
"While we celebrate this achievement today, we know that there is still much work to be done. As such, we at GNPD will remain steadfast in our commitment to innovation and excellence in the energy sector. Together, we can empower and ignite changes for generations to come," he added.
The Asian Power Awards acknowledges and acclaims the most innovative and groundbreaking projects and initiatives in the power sector during the previous year.
Power industry 'Oscars'
Dubbed as the "Oscars" of the power industry, the award-giving body honors companies that have taken pioneering and game-changing steps to address the effects of the climate crisis and meet the ongoing growing demand for energy globally.
It covers various categories including some of Solar Power Project of the Year, ESG Programme of the Year, Smart Grid Project of the Year and Innovative Power Technology of the Year, among others.
