Power firm picks contractor for Palawan projects

Calamian Islands Power Corp. (CIPC), a joint venture of Vivant Corp.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Vivant Energy Corp. and Gigawatt Power Inc., has picked Sta. Clara International Corp. (SCIC) as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for its Busuanga and Coron power Plant projects.

SCIC will be responsible for the construction of the facilities: a 750-kilowatt diesel-fired power plant in Busuanga, and an 8-megawatt bunker-fired power plant in Coron.

The plants will enable CIPC to serve the power requirements of Busuanga Island Electric Cooperative, as spelled out in a 15-year supply agreement.

The Busuanga and Coron plants will be fully operational by 2014.

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