Blue Energy Dalupiri Ocean Power Plant Project

In response to requests from a Houston based finance group, Blue Energy Canada Inc. developed a proposal for a four-kilometer long tidal fence between the islands of Samar and Dalupiri in the San Bernardino Strait in the Philippines. Pending governmental approval, the Dalupiri Ocean Power Plant will utilize 274 ocean-class Davis Turbines, each generating from 7MW to 14 MW, for a total estimated capacity of 2200MW of power at peak tidal flow (1100 MW base average). The Dalupiri Project is phase one of a proposed Build Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) project that will be transferred to the Philippines after 25 years. The estimated cost for the Dalupiri passage is $2.8 Billion (US). Used to generate large scale renewable energy, the San Bernardino passage could help the Philippines to become a net exporter of electrical power.

The Dalupiri tidal fence crosses Dalupiri Passage, a four-kilometer stretch of water between Dalupiri Island and Samar, shown as Phase 1 in the image below. The ocean energy power plant will start on the Samar side and cross the channel to the southern half of Dalupiri Island. Tidal currents are up to eight knots and water depths are in the 41-meter range. The bottom is relatively flat across the channel and the site is close to a high voltage transmission corridor. The area is prone to typhoons and the tidal fence is designed to withstand typhoon winds of 150 mph and tsunami waves of 7 meters.

The modular nature of the Blue Energy Power System allows for power to be generated in the fourth year of the project, with the installation of the first module in the chain, which gradually increases to full capacity by project completion in year six. Once begun, this project will be one of the largest renewable energy developments in the world.

Phase 1 - $2.8 Billion (US) Dalupiri Project

Philippine Dalupiri 2200 MW Blue Energy Project

Phases 2, 3 and 4 are future phases
Completing the next three phases between Luzon and Samar would produce some 25,000 MW and could backbone an Asian Grid. All four phases are estimated to cost some $38 billion (US), with $30 billion (US) on the power production side and another $8 billion (US) on the transmission side. An Asian Grid would beneficially interlink the various power systems in the region. Peak demand power is the most difficult power and hence expensive power for any system to provide. By sharing offsetting peak capacities, the participating countries will level the burdensome expensive power peaks. Independent power producers in open market competition would wheel power back and forth, trading off-peak power capacities to cover peak power needs in other countries.