Construction of the Lobo micro-hydropower stalled in early 2011 due to bad weather and virtually impassable roads. Since then, the Lake Sebu government has made significant progress in rehabilitating the access roads used to haul sand, gravel, and transmission poles to the site. The weir/intake, headrace canal, and forebay tank have been completed, following the design specifications. There is still some uncertainty as to when the civil works will be completed because of delays in the delivery of the turbine and electronic load capacitor. Our partner, YAMOG, is following up and keeping us updated. As for the watershed, the community-organized forest guards have been constantly on patrol and are reporting no irregularities. High school students have also been planting trees as part of their school activities.

Unusually frequent rains throughout the year are hampering progress on delivery of materials and construction. Partner organization Yamog is revising its project completion estimate to June 2012. The community is making use of the on-again, off-again construction to work on the reforestation component of the project.

The weir/intake, headrace canal, forebay tank, pressure pipes and powerhouse are nearly completed. Heavy rains in the early months of this year have made trips to and from the remote site difficult, and have hampered the delivery of materials to the site. Because of this, our partner organization, Yamog, revised its project completion estimate to January 2012.