Number of Pages : 59 leaves
Adviser : Prof. Glen Imbang
Abstract
One of the main concerns of the government today is on how to have a secure, sufficient and reliable energy supply in the country. As the economy of the country continuously grow, so does the country's energy demand. It is projected that the Philippines will have a GDP growth rate of around 7% to 8% from 2017 to 2040, which will result to an increase in the peak demand of the country from 12,213 MW to 40,287 MW.
Further, the Philippines as an archipelagic state also faces unelectrification of rural areas due to the difficulty and expensiveness of laying transmission line, especially from one island to another.
To compensate the need for electricity of the country, power plants become heavily reliant with the use of fossil fuels. While for the electrification of off-grid areas, diesel generators and other RE resources such as solar and micro-hydro were being used. However, the country's rampant usage of fossil fuels will greatly affect the environment because of its emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorinated gases and other gases. In a study, 1 short ton (2,000 pounds) of coal will generate about 2.86 short tons (5,720 pounds) of carbon dioxide in complete combustion. Hence, the use of fossil fuels for electricity generation significantly adds to the worsening climate change condition of the world. On the other hand, the electricity generated by diesel generators, solar energy and micro-hydro power plants are limited to certain usage or household due to its low installed capacity.
As such, to address the above factors, the country is pursuing the development and utilization of renewable energy resources in the country. The Philippines being abundant with natural resources has the advantage in developing these green energy sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, ocean, plants and geothermal heat. Making use of these renewable energy resources help the country save from foreign exchange through the displacement of a large fraction of imported fuels and lessen power producer's dependency to fossil fuels which aggravate the worsening climate change condition.
Nowadays, the Philippines already has the matured technologies in harnessing solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, biomass energy and geothermal energy. Meanwhile, the country is yet to determine on how it will adopt the technologies for utilizing ocean energy. The objective of the study is to ascertain what approach/strategy best fits the country in adopting ocean energy technologies.
The paper reviewed the types of existing ocean energy technologies today and its history. After a brief background, Chapter II's "Review of Related Literature" focused on the policy framework of a country for its development of ocean energy and how the Philippines adopted the geothermal energy and hydropower resources technologies.
Chapter III comprised of the theoretical framework from the Technology Management (TM) 201 and 281 concepts.
The paper used scenario building as its methodology with environmental scanning to establish the Philippines' current technological, economic, political and social trends. From the key predictable variables and critical uncertainties, three scenarios were created which were assumed to play a significant role in the deployment of ocean energy.
Despite the promising potential of OE, the definite policy and program for the aggressive exploration, development and utilization of OE is lacking. Formulation and implementation of a stronger policy particular to OE is needed in order to push its development.
Gathering the best practices from individual ocean energy projects can significantly contribute to the formulation of standards on how to develop ocean energy plants especially if it still needs to be catered according to the country's condition.
Hence, in order to pursue the development and utilization of ocean energy in the Philippines, the government must work together with the academe, private sector, financial institutions.
To compensate the need for electricity of the country, power plants become heavily reliant with the use of fossil fuels. While for the electrification of off-grid areas, diesel generators and other RE resources such as solar and micro-hydro were being used. However, the country's rampant usage of fossil fuels will greatly affect the environment because of its emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorinated gases and other gases. In a study, 1 short ton (2,000 pounds) of coal will generate about 2.86 short tons (5,720 pounds) of carbon dioxide in complete combustion. Hence, the use of fossil fuels for electricity generation significantly adds to the worsening climate change condition of the world. On the other hand, the electricity generated by diesel generators, solar energy and micro-hydro power plants are limited to certain usage or household due to its low installed capacity.
As such, to address the above factors, the country is pursuing the development and utilization of renewable energy resources in the country. The Philippines being abundant with natural resources has the advantage in developing these green energy sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, ocean, plants and geothermal heat. Making use of these renewable energy resources help the country save from foreign exchange through the displacement of a large fraction of imported fuels and lessen power producer's dependency to fossil fuels which aggravate the worsening climate change condition.
Nowadays, the Philippines already has the matured technologies in harnessing solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, biomass energy and geothermal energy. Meanwhile, the country is yet to determine on how it will adopt the technologies for utilizing ocean energy. The objective of the study is to ascertain what approach/strategy best fits the country in adopting ocean energy technologies.
The paper reviewed the types of existing ocean energy technologies today and its history. After a brief background, Chapter II's "Review of Related Literature" focused on the policy framework of a country for its development of ocean energy and how the Philippines adopted the geothermal energy and hydropower resources technologies.
Chapter III comprised of the theoretical framework from the Technology Management (TM) 201 and 281 concepts.
The paper used scenario building as its methodology with environmental scanning to establish the Philippines' current technological, economic, political and social trends. From the key predictable variables and critical uncertainties, three scenarios were created which were assumed to play a significant role in the deployment of ocean energy.
Despite the promising potential of OE, the definite policy and program for the aggressive exploration, development and utilization of OE is lacking. Formulation and implementation of a stronger policy particular to OE is needed in order to push its development.
Gathering the best practices from individual ocean energy projects can significantly contribute to the formulation of standards on how to develop ocean energy plants especially if it still needs to be catered according to the country's condition.
Hence, in order to pursue the development and utilization of ocean energy in the Philippines, the government must work together with the academe, private sector, financial institutions.
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