SAFETY SEAL. This 680-hectare combined wind and solar farm in Burgos, Ilocos Norte adheres to minimum health and safety standards on Covid-19. It supplies power to more than two million households in the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of EDC) LAOAG CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has conferred a safety seal to the 150 megawatt (MW) wind power facility located in Burgos town, Ilocos Norte. The certification indicates that the company follows minimum health and safety protocols on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) set by the government. "In the Covid-19 pandemic, we became proactive in establishing the working protocols and precautionary measures. The safety seal certification is a proof and an affirmation that we take our work culture seriously even during the most challenging times," said Andy Durog, head of the Energy Development Corporation's Burgos Wind Power Corporation in a statement Friday. Durog said the Burgos wind farm voluntarily applied for
WIND FARM.The 680-hectare Burgos wind farm is the country's largest wind power facility located in three barangays of Burgos, Ilocos Norte. It generates approximately 370GWh of electricity a year to power up more than 2 million households in the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of EBWPC) LAOAG CITY-First Gen-owned Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the country's largest renewable energy producer, was recognized for its Burgos wind farm's exemplary compliance with spot market rules. During the recent Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) Compliance Officers (WCO) Summit 2021, the 150-megawatt renewable energy power producer located in this northern gateway of Luzon ranked second in the wind category. The Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) confers rating citations to generation companies that have exemplary compliance records with WESM's laws and manuals such as the must offer rule, rule on the nomination of projected outputs or loading levels, and real-ti