Kahit tapos na ang tag-init, pwede pa ring kulangin ang suplay ng kuryente lalo pag naapektuhan ang mga power plant ng bagyo. Kaya tuloy ang paghahanap sa mas maraming source niyan, tulad sa Cebu kung saan may residenteng walang electric bill dahil gumagamit ng solar energy.
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00:00 Even if the heat is over, the supply of electricity may still be lacking,
00:05 especially if the power plants are affected by the typhoon.
00:09 That's why the search for more sources is ongoing,
00:13 like in Cebu, where there's a resident who doesn't have an electric bill
00:18 because he uses solar energy.
00:21 Here's the special report by JP Soriano.
00:29 In the heat of Cebu City,
00:33 the electric fan and air conditioner in Nestor's house are almost dead.
00:38 But because of the high amount of electricity used in the house,
00:41 his electric bill is now zero pesos.
00:46 His secret is solar energy.
00:50 On the roof of his house, there are solar panels
00:55 that collect energy from the sun.
00:58 So basically, during the day, I'm charging using this.
01:03 And then during the night, I'm withdrawing this power and bring it to the house.
01:07 What can you prepare?
01:10 Everything.
01:11 But to make Nestor's solar power system work,
01:15 he spent P400,000.
01:20 The cost is so high at first.
01:24 Nestor said he's almost recovered from the huge amount he spent.
01:29 Here in Cebu, they also combined the use of energy from the sun.
01:36 The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway is a road and expressway
01:41 that connects Cebu City and Cordova in Mactan, Cebu.
01:46 It's also powered by solar energy.
01:49 The longest road in the Philippines is 8.9 kilometers long.
01:54 It's longer than the longest bridge in San Juanico.
01:58 The electricity that's being supplied in this road's daytime operation,
02:02 like CCTV, traffic control room, RFID lanes,
02:05 comes from the on-grid and hybrid solar farm
02:09 that's located in the foot of this road.
02:12 The cost of solar panels is P60 million.
02:17 And there are other things that need to be used to make it work.
02:21 Usually, at night, there are only road lights.
02:24 But the aircon is active in the morning,
02:28 most of the time.
02:29 But our project is to cut 50% of our loads,
02:32 of our bill here in the expressway.
02:36 If it's just solar energy,
02:38 it's like it's been inherited by the people of Cebu.
02:41 In Toledo, there's the Seticor Solar Cebu Incorporated,
02:46 formerly known as the first Toledo Solar Energy Corporation.
02:51 In its 73 hectares,
02:53 this solar farm in Toledo, Cebu,
02:55 is one of the largest solar farms in the entire Visayas.
02:59 It doesn't have carbon emissions.
03:01 The beauty of solar energy is that it's infinite.
03:05 We don't run out of it.
03:07 Solar plants are easy to maintain.
03:11 It's not like conventional plants.
03:14 And the operational cost is low.
03:18 Solar energy is one of the sources of energy
03:22 that President Bombo-Marcos is planning to include
03:25 in the energy mix
03:26 that is being promoted by the Philippines' Renewable Energy Sources.
03:32 Renewable energy is the way forward.
03:35 But according to the Department of Energy,
03:38 the percentage of solar power being distributed in the energy mix
03:44 here in the Philippines is not the same as the percentage
03:47 of solar power being distributed in the Philippines.
03:49 It's often rainy and there are typhoons.
03:53 Our solar energy is high.
03:55 But the actual generation is only 1.6%.
04:00 Because it's only available for 10 to 12 hours.
04:04 Not only is solar energy the most powerful
04:07 and the Philippines currently has,
04:12 but if the lawmaker, Representative Marco Juanco,
04:16 will ask,
04:17 nuclear energy is the answer to an energy crisis.
04:24 24 hours a day,
04:26 it's a reliable power.
04:29 Compared to wind and solar,
04:33 how can it be in the quiet night?
04:37 It's zero.
04:39 The youth nuclear power plant,
04:40 the first nuclear power plant in Southeast Asia,
04:44 started working more than three decades ago.
04:48 Sometimes, it's not even in use.
04:51 Until now.
04:53 Juanco is the chairperson of the Special Committee on Nuclear Energy
04:58 of the House of Representatives that was formed
05:01 under the current administration.
05:04 During our tour inside the plant,
05:06 they showed Juanco and Napucor the different parts
05:11 and the use of the youth nuclear power plant.
05:15 In this part, their main reactor vessel is placed.
05:18 This is the most important component of the plant
05:20 that heats and then generates energy
05:23 that is used as the source of electricity.
05:26 But before, different groups and legislators
05:31 were pushing the opening of the youth nuclear power plant
05:34 because of the possible danger of an earthquake and tsunami.
05:39 Just like what happened to the Fukushima power plant
05:43 that was destroyed by an earthquake in Japan in 2011.
05:47 Some countries, like Germany,
05:49 are also pushing for green and renewable energy.
05:53 The use of any kind of nuclear energy is completely banned.
05:58 We decided to phase it out because it is not safe.
06:04 It also has tremendous risks for the waste that's there.
06:09 It takes a long time to build.
06:11 You have to import the uranium,
06:13 so you have energy security issues as well as the waste issues.
06:17 So I think for a country that has the resources
06:20 of the sun and geothermal as the Philippines,
06:25 I mean, renewable energies is so much cheaper.
06:28 I think that's the way the world is going.
06:30 What about the issue of waste?
06:32 How do we manage the waste when we operate again?
06:38 Because of the energy density of uranium,
06:41 the requirement for fuel is tiny and the waste is also tiny.
06:47 In fossil fuels, when you burn one unit of fuel,
06:52 you end up with almost three units of waste.
06:54 But in nuclear, your fuel is equal to your waste.
06:58 So if the waste is tiny in volume,
07:01 it's also very easy to get rid of.
07:05 DOE says that when it comes to nuclear energy,
07:10 it can start with small.
07:13 Now, what's popular is what's called a small modular reactor.
07:18 So they're just small in capacity.
07:20 You can build it and stack it to increase the capacity.
07:23 So in terms of safety,
07:27 its security features are enhanced because it's small.
07:31 It's not like a big plant with massive infrastructure.
07:35 Nuclear or renewable energy,
07:39 the DOE needs to increase the energy generation capacity of the country
07:44 because if not, a dark future is waiting for us.
07:50 For GMA Integrated News,
07:53 JP Soriano, 24 Hours.
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