Ilijan Combined-Cycle Power Plant is a dual-fuel power station in Ilijan, Batangas City. It is primarily a natural gas plant and uses

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as a secondary back-up fuel source. With the nameplate capacity of 1200 MW, it is the largest natural gas facility in the Philippines. The plant is designed to draw natural gas from the

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. The plant is the first power facility in the country to use the 500 kV switchyard system and

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system. The Ilijan plant's construction began in March 1999 and was commissioned in June 2000.

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{{reflist Natural gas-fired power stations in the Philippines Buildings and structures in Batangas City Energy infrastructure completed in 2000 Integrated water and power plants 20th-century architecture in the Philippines