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Davao Energy Island Plant
Located in southern Philippines, the project will deliver electricity to the urban areas of Southern Mindanao and contingent upon the successful performance of the pilot plant in Zambales, the project will scale up to 50 – 100 MW to produce desalinated water as co-product using Open Cycle configuration.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Active
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Planned
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
50-100 MW
Project Start Year
2016
Energy Resource
- Thermal Gradient
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
1
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
Davao Gulf, Mindanao
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Enclosed Bay
Country
Philippines
Citation Formats
“Davao Energy Island Plant.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Davao_Energy_Island_Plant. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Davao Energy Island Plant." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Davao_Energy_Island_Plant.
Last modified: 8 April 2025