{"id":11187,"date":"2026-05-26T14:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=11187"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:47:36","slug":"checking-the-wind-turbines-of-pililla-since-theres-not-much-else-being-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/checking-the-wind-turbines-of-pililla-since-theres-not-much-else-being-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking the wind turbines of Pililla&#8230; since there&#8217;s not much else being offered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As a tourist, there are two ways to look at the Pililla Wind Farm. On one hand, you head there to see how we\u2019re making use of nature to propel progress. But on the other hand, you go there because\u2026 there\u2019s nothing else worth checking out in the area; we are so tourist site-deprived that we end up glorifying not-even-pretty gigantic turbines.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, we headed there, yes, and here are some observations.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag\/video\/7644086836922436872\" data-video-id=\"7644086836922436872\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@outragemag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag?refer=embed\">@outragemag<\/a> Municipality of <a title=\"pililla\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pililla?refer=embed\">#Pililla<\/a> promotes <a title=\"pilillawindfarm\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pilillawindfarm?refer=embed\">#pilillawindfarm<\/a> <a title=\"windturbines\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/windturbines?refer=embed\">#windturbines<\/a> as <a title=\"tourism\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tourism?refer=embed\">#tourism<\/a>&#8230; and nothing else, becoming a <a title=\"touristtrap\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/touristtrap?refer=embed\">#touristtrap<\/a> as checked during this <a title=\"lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbt?refer=embed\">#LGBT<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - Outrage Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Outrage-Magazine-7644086871210871569?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound  &#8211; Outrage Magazine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Una<\/em>, the place is really only accessible for those with private vehicles. If you\u2019re commuting, you can take a tricycle to and from the nearby Tanay Public Market. But don\u2019t expect to be able to just hail <em>sasakyan<\/em> while there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ikalawa<\/em>, open from 7AM to 6PM every day, you\u2019d see 27 wind turbines operated by Alternergy Philippine Holdings Corporation there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing atop hills at 300 meters above sea level, overlooking Laguna de Bay, each turbine can produce 2MW, with the entire farm generating almost 150 Gigawatt hours of electricity per year. To put this in perspective <em>lang<\/em>, <em>ha<\/em>, it could provide power for approximately 90,000 to 100,000 households\u2026 assuming, of course, <em>na<\/em> what\u2019s produced is provided cheaply to the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But yes, you\u2019d see \u201cscience in action\u201d here\u2026 in a very, VERY limited way, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ikatlo<\/em>, even if the Pililla Wind Farm doesn\u2019t charge fees, everything is still for profit here \u2013 e.g. parking, stuff you can use while walking (like umbrellas), access to some viewing areas, and so on. The greed is most apparent in the access to toilets; here, all the shops have \u201cPAY CR\u201d since Pililla Wind Farm itself doesn\u2019t have similar publicly-available facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So\u2026 should you visit? If you have a car, <em>daan lang siguro<\/em>, quickly drop by. Or just enjoy those windmills from afar <em>siguro<\/em>. Because either\/or, there\u2019s not much to gain while at the Pililla Wind Farm \u2013 e.g. no people to discuss with you how farming the wind works, no glimpses of how this particular wind farm actually works, no picnic areas to stay at while enjoying the views, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, if you really just want to take pics <em>din<\/em>, then yeah\u2026 head there. <em>Pero kami<\/em>, off we go for more LGBTQIA+ discoveries\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Pililla Wind Farm is located at F8CX+VJW, Manila E Rd., Pililla, Rizal Province.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Municipality of #Pililla promotes #pilillawindfarm #windturbines as tourist attractions&#8230; and nothing else, becoming a #touristtrap as checked during this #LGBT visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[2564,2540,110,1742,1077],"class_list":["post-11187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","category-travel","tag-pililla","tag-rizal","tag-travel-2","tag-travel-adventure","tag-travel-destination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11190,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11187\/revisions\/11190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}