SMC Global Power Corp., the power generation arm of conglomerate San Miguel Corp., said the first unit of its 600-megawatt clean coal power plant in Limay, Bataan yielded emissions below the government and World Bank standard limits.
San Miguel, in a statement, cited the most recent results of a government-mandated daily continuous testing since January which showed that unit-1 of the Limay power plant consistently produced low levels of sulphur oxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and particulate matter.
The Limay plants consist of four units of 150 MW, of which only the first 150 MW unit completed continued testing process.
The plant’s sulphur oxide was at 41 parts per million, compared to the 245 ppm limit set by the Environment Department and the 700 ppm limit set by the World Bank. Its nitrogen oxide was at 92 ppm, compared to the Environment’s 365 ppm limit and the World Bank’s 487 ppm threshold.
Carbon monoxide monitored was at 4 ppm during the latest testing, below the Environment’s limit of 400 ppm.
The Limay plant registered 0.8 percent opacity or clearness of the air (which is also used to indicate particulate matters) with dust at only 2.4 milligrams per cubic meter or mg/Nm3. The World Bank standard for particulate matters is at 50 mg/Nm3 while the Environment is at 150 mg/Nm3.