A visit to Mt. Apo Geothermal Powerplant
Got a taste of real adventure last Feb.17---at least on my part.lol! I'd never been to any top-of-the-mountain excursion so our plant visit to EDC (Energy Development Corporation) and Mt. Apo Geothermal powerplant last February 17, 2012 was an exciting one, a good breather from the cluttered life in the city. Originally, our Production Management class planned a trip to Nestle in Cagayan de Oro but due to the recent flood calamity in Cagayan, Nestle plant was not available, so our professor decided to take us to EDC where one of our classmates employed as safety engineer. At the back of the water-based steam power plant Foggy surrounding Energy Development Corporation, located in the middle of Mt.Apo in barangay Ilomavis, Kidapawan city, is the former Philippine National Oil Company, one of the government owned controlled corporations, but in 2009, the company was privatized and was acquired by the Lopez Group of Companies and renamed EDC. Its field centers on the