Ilijan Combined-Cycle Power Plant is a dual-fuel power station in Ilijan,

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. It is primarily a

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plant and uses distillate oil as a secondary back-up fuel source. With the nameplate capacity of 1200 MW, it is the largest natural gas facility in the

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. The plant is designed to draw natural gas from the Malampaya gas field. 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