Palawan town near Malampaya gas field sees brighter future with renewables

For Renato Palanca, a resident of Linapacan, Palawan, the benefits of the country’s largest producing gas field are not for locals.

The fifth-class municipality is one of the towns of the Calamianes group of islands and is located within the coverage of Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project’s existing service contract.

“The impact [of the Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project and its foundation] is not felt in the community. Certainly not in the municipality, not in the village, and especially there at the poblacion of San Miguel,” the 63-year-old Palanca said.

This, despite the training seminars conducted by Malampaya Foundation, Inc. (MFI)—the development arm of the joint venture of the Malampaya project—in the last several years.

For Renato Palanca, a resident of Linapacan, Palawan, the benefits of the country’s largest producing gas field are not for locals.

The fifth-class municipality is one of the towns of the Calamianes group of islands and is located within the coverage of Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project’s existing service contract.

This, despite the training seminars conducted by Malampaya Foundation, Inc. (MFI)—the development arm of the joint venture of the Malampaya project—in the last several years.