Two more run-of-river hydropower plants will be developed by hydropower generation forerunner Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. in the municipality of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur.
The two plants will be in Sitio Tudaya, tapping the Baroring and Sibulan rivers while the second will be located in Barangays Astorga and Jose Rizal, tapping the Sibulan River.
These two projects were endorsed by the municipality of Sta. Cruz during the 11th regualr session of the Sangguniang Bayan. The proposal was also previously given a go signal by the host communities’ barangay councils of Astorga and Jose Rizal and their respective tribal councils–the Municipal Tribal Council and Tribal Councils of Upper Tudaya and Jose Rizal.
The proposed expansion is in response to the current power situation and the impending power crisis in Mindanao where both Davao del Sur and Davao
City are affected.
“We thank the host communities for welcoming the project,” said Hedcor vice president for business development, Gregorio Jabonillo. “However, this is just the beginning of a long process of putting up a hydropower plant. Permits from the provincial council and other concerned government agencies
are still to be tackled,” Jabonillo added.
Aside from additional clean energy generation capacity of the project to its stakeholders, the project promises more social and environmental benefits to its host communities through its corporate social responsibility programs. Hedcor Sibulan, Inc., similar to its sister company Hedcor, Inc., is known as the partner of choice in the communities.
Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AboitizPower. [Karen Padawag]
