ROMELCO LEARNING VISIT

May 20 to 27, 2019

A.Introduction of Participants
B. TNA Highlights
C. Sulu-an Energy Situation
and SIGE Sulu-an Project
D.Discussion on Small Island
Grid
E. Itinerary and Protocols
I. All participants have no knowledge of and experience in hybrid solar
and diesel microgrid, ROMELCO’s and other small island hybrid
microgrid initiatives.
II. What do participants want to learn from the Learning Visit?

A. How hybrid solar and diesel microgrid works?

B. How ROMELCO started the project and the process in the
implementation of the project?
C. Technological challenges in the interaction between solar and diesel
D. Proper maintenance and servicing of the hybrid microgrid
E. Could the hybrid microgrid provide 24/7 electricity to the
community?
F. Average cost of electricity generated by the hybrid microgrid
G. Is the cost of electricity affordable to households?
III. Who are the people that the participants want to speak to and
interact with in the ROMELCO Learning Visit?

A. ROMELCO officials
B. Technical staff and payment collectors
C. Barangay officials
D. Community leaders and common folks like women
E. Sectoral representatives

IV. What do the participants want to visit and see?

They want to see the actual RE Project sites.

 Mayaman ang Sulu-an
Ngunit Walang Koryente ang Isla
Guiuan Marine Reserve
 Summary of Volume of Fish and Octopus Catch
Volume of Ice and Fuel consumed in transport of ice
Ice Users Volume of Fish or Volume of Ice Volume of Fuel consumed in
Octopus transport of ice
Nine Sulu-an Major Fish 3,700 to 4,200 26 standard ice 60 liters of diesel per day
Buyers kilos of fish
2,370 smoked 173 liters of gasoline per day
600 kilos of ice
octopus
 Standard ice = 4
ice blocks

Sta. Rita Ice Plant Smoked Ice or

ice in a plastic

Mano Bauy Ice

Dealer/Fish
Buyer

Bobong
Garsota Fish
Buyer Isla Sulu-
an
Bulan Sorsogon
Ice Plant

Calabayog Ice Plant

At the height of the almost one month power outage in the

wake of the July 2017 Leyte Earthquake,

• Mano Bauy bought standard ice from Ormoc Ice Plant and
Buluan Sorsogon Ice Plant;
• Bobong Garsota bought standard ice from Calabayog Ice
Ormoc Ice Plant Mano Bauy
Bobong Plant and smoked ice from a dealer in Bato, Leyte.
Garsota Fish
Buyer

Bato , Leyte Standard ice = 4 Smoked Ice or

Smoked Ice ice blocks ice in a plastic
Dealer
Sulu-an Island Maps
 Barangay Sulu-an Basic Information
Gross Land Area 478.55 has.
Total Population 2017 1,540 (Male - 721; Female - 819)
Total Number of Households 2017 348
Population Density 3
Average Household Size 5

Number of Households Per Zone (Sitio)

Zone Number of Households Profile

Zone 1 81 Separated from the barangay proper. Poorest of the poor and migrants from Surigao
are concentrated in Zone 1. Hit by the storm surge during Typhoon Yolanda.
Zone 2 42 Part of the barangay proper

Zone 3 71 Part of the barangay proper

Zone 4 32 Part of the barangay proper

Zone 5 72 Part of the barangay proper

Zone 6 23 Part of the barangay proper

Zone 7 37 Separated from the barangay proper

Total 348 Households

 Community Infrastructures in Barangay Sulu-an
Street Lights 60 light posts
Jetmatic Water Pumps 14 units
Water Reservoir 1
Barangay Hall 1
Health Center 1
Covered Basketball Court 1
Sulu-an Integrated School 1
Churches 1 Roman Catholic and 1 Born
Again
Public Cemetery 1
 Privately-owned Generators in Sulu-an

Number of Functioning Generators owned by Private

Individuals Per Zone (Sitio) as of Nov. 2017

Zone 1 1
Zone 2 1
Zone 3 1
Zone 4 1
Zone 5 3
Zone 6 1
Zone 7 1
Total 9
PaPa Medie: Business Case Study of Privately-Owned Diesel GenSet

Virgilio “Papa Medie” Arlalejo

• Operates his genset for 12 to 14 hours
• Electricity Business: Provides
electricity to about 10 households in
Zone 2, Brgy. Sulu-an based on the
following nightly electricity rates:
 PhP 5 per bulb
 PhP 10 per portable DVD player
 PhP 20 per TV
• Charging Business: Charges mobile
phones and batteries based on the
following charging rates:
 PhP 5 per mobile phone
 PhP 100 per small battery
 PhP 150 per big battery
• Estimated Monthly Fuel Cost:
PhP3,000
Generators owned and operated by Sulu-an Brgy. Council

60 hz 230 volts 20 KVA Genset donated by Guiuan Aid to Barangay

Suluan Council on March 5, 2014. Status: For Repair
Generators owned and operated by Sulu-an Brgy. Council

45 KVA Nippon Sharyo Diesel Generator

• Donated by Italian Government
• Status: supplies 4 hours of electricity
to 120 households and 60 street
lights every night
• Consumes 30 liters of diesel in 4
hours of operation
• Households pay the Barangay based
on the following nightly electricy
rates:
 PhP 5 per bulb
 PhP 10 per portable DVD player
 PhP 20 per TV
 Remember the Numbers:
What 120 Sulu-an households pay for 4 hours electricity produced by Brgy. Gen Set?

Household Assumption Light Bulb & Electricity Cost Monthly Total

Appliance (4 hours night (30 days)
use)
Household A Uses 1 light bulb 1 light bulb PhP 5 PhP 150
every night
Household B Uses 2 light 2 light bulbs PhP 10 PhP 300
bulbs every
night
Household C Uses 1 light bulb 1 light bulb PhP 5 PhP 150
& portable 1 portable PhP 10 PhP 300
player every player PhP 450
night

Household D Uses 1 light bulb 1 light bulb PhP 5 PhP 150

& TV every night 1 TV PhP 20 PhP 600
PhP 750
June 2018 –Household and community facilities energy needs assessment katuwang
ang Sulong Sulu-an.

MGA RESULTA NG HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SURVEY

Solar ang karaniwang ginagagit ng mga tahanan sa isla.
Sunod ang series sa Brgy. Generator
 MGA RESULTA NG HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SURVEY

Adjusted Monthly Contributions

60%

50%
MONTHLY INCOME CONTRIBUTIONS (%)

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000
MONTHLY INCOMES (₱)
MGA RESULTA NG HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SURVEY
 MGA RESULTA NG HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SURVEY

Current Top 5 Appliances Future Top 5 Appliances

Lights 217 Fan 177

Cellphones 110 TV 121

TV 87 Light 67

Portable 79 Refrigerator 46

Fan 71 Washing Machine 34

MGA RESULTA NG HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SURVEY

179 KW
or
135 KW 0.179 MW
or
0.135MW

Ngayon Bukas
 MGA RESULTA NG HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SURVEY

Daily Profile of Future Energy Use

Current Household Energy Use Future Household Energy Use

GABI

TANGHALI

UMAGA

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

NAPOCOR SPUG Diesel Plant
• Proposed site: 875 square meters
lot located at Zone 1 (see map)
• One Diesel GenSet which will
provide 8 hours electricity to
households (Specs of GenSet for
further research)
• Start of construction of plant
building – March 2018
• Estimated diesel consumption (No
data.)
• SPUG focal person Ramil Lucero
stated that the true cost of
generating electricity form diesel
plant is about P26/kwh, but it will
be sold to ESAMELCO at a lower,
subsidized rate.
Sept. to Oct. 2016 – Unang island-wide energy household survey para sa Solar Home System
(SHS) Project in Sulu-an katuwang Sulong Sulu-an Association.

Feb. 2017 – SHS Distribution at Installation sa 49 mga pamilya sa isla

Sept. 2017 – Ipinagtibay ng Sulu-an Sangguniang Barangay ang Resolution No. 16,
Transformation of Sulu-an as the Renewable Island Capital of Guiuan sa paraang hybrid
solar at diesel microgrid.

Nov. 17, 2017 – Ipinagtibay ng Sangguniang Bayan of Guiuan ang Resolution No. 65,
Transformation of Sulu-an as the Renewable Island Capital of Guiuan, at pagbasbas sa
pagkakaroon ng MOU sa pagitan ng ICSC at LGU Guian.

Jan. 2018 – MOU sa pagitan ng LGU Guiuan at ICSC

March 2018 – Unang pulong sa pagitan ng ICSC at ESAMELCO tungkol sa hybrid solar and
diesel microgrid sa Suluan

April 2018 – Panunumpa ng mga kandidato sa Brgy. Election sa Kasunduan para sa

Pagtataguyod ng Sulu-an Small Island Grid Electrification (SIGE) Project. Konsultasyon sa SPUG
Engineers
Jan. 2019 – Signing of MOU between ESAMELCO and ICSC
April 18,2018 – Ang Ating Paglalakbay Community Assembly
Making the Big Shift in Sulu-an Island

The Big
Shift

8-HOURS ELECTRICITY 24/7 ELECTRICITY