A first-timer for the Philippines

At the beginning of this year the 1-GW Santa Rita power station, near Batangas, on the island of Luzon, started full commercial operation, becoming the Philippines’ first gas-fired plant to enter service. It will be joined in the second quarter of the year by the 500-MW San Lorenzo plant, with both plants fuelled by gas from Shell’s Malampaya field, reports Derek Bamber