• He served as vice governor of Ilocos Norte from 1980 to 1983, and as governor of the same province from 1983 to 1986 and from 1998 to 2007²³⁵.

• He was elected as representative of Ilocos Norte's 2nd congressional district from 1992 to 1995 and from 2007 to 2010²³⁵.

• He was elected as senator from the Nacionalista Party from 2010 to 2016²³⁵.

• He drafted the Philippine Archipelagic Baselines Law, which defines the Philippine territorial sea, and constructed wind farms for renewable energy in Ilocos Norte¹.

• He ran for vice president in 2016 but lost to Leni Robredo by a narrow margin. He filed an electoral protest alleging fraud and irregularities, which was dismissed by the Supreme Court in 2020²⁵.

• He won a landslide victory running for president in the 2022 election despite receiving international criticism for disinformation and historical negationism to revamp the Marcos brand²⁵.
  
  

A: By "he supported the project", I mean that he endorsed and facilitated the project as the governor of Ilocos Norte during the time the Bangui Wind Farm was being constructed in 2005. He also attended the inauguration of the project and praised it as a source of renewable energy for the province¹². However, he did not initiate, fund, or construct the project himself, as it was a privately-funded project by the NorthWind Power Development Corporation and the Danish International Development Agency²³⁴⁵. He also did not have any involvement in the other wind power plants in the region, such as the North Luzon Renewables Wind Farm in Pagudpud and the Pagudpud Wind Farm, which were built by private companies such as Ayala-led ACEN Corp. and UPC Renewables²³.

A: By "he issued the environmental compliance certificate", I mean that he signed the document that certifies that the project has complied with the environmental impact assessment system and will not cause significant negative environmental impact¹. He did this in his capacity as the governor of Ilocos Norte, as part of his endorsement and facilitation of the project¹². However, the issuance of the environmental compliance certificate is not his sole responsibility or duty, as it also requires the approval of the director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)³. The EMB is the agency that evaluates and monitors the environmental impact assessment reports and issues or denies the environmental compliance certificates³.

A: According to the search results, the idea to build wind farms in Ilocos Norte was originally conceived by the NorthWind Power Development Corporation (NPDC), a private company that developed and constructed the Bangui Wind Farm, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia¹²³. The NPDC was founded by Danish and Filipino investors who saw the potential of wind power in the Philippines⁴. The NPDC conducted a feasibility study and wind resource assessment in Ilocos Norte, with the help of the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the World Bank⁴. The NPDC also partnered with Vestas, a Danish wind turbine manufacturer, to supply and install the wind turbines⁴. The NPDC is now owned by AC Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of Ayala Corporation¹. I could not find any information about a scientist or group of scientists who made a research on the wind farm project. However, I found that the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducted a wind resource analysis and mapping study in 1996, which concluded that various areas in the Philippines, including Ilocos Norte, are ideal for wind power installation² .

A: No, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was not a government official in 1996. He was elected as vice governor of Ilocos Norte in 1980, but he fled to Hawaii with his family after the People Power Revolution in 1986 that ousted his father from power¹². He returned to the Philippines in 1991 and ran for president in 1992, but he lost and withdrew his candidacy¹². He ran for governor of Ilocos Norte in 1998 and won, serving until 2007¹². He did not support or was not a member of the group that conducted the wind resource analysis and wind study in 1996. The study was done by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the United States, which identified Ilocos Norte as one of the ideal locations for wind power installation in the Philippines³ . The study was commissioned by the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE), which also conducted a wind resource mapping project with the assistance of the World Bank³ . The idea to build wind farms in Ilocos Norte was conceived by the NorthWind Power Development Corporation (NPDC), a private company that developed and constructed the Bangui Wind Farm, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia³ . The NPDC was founded by Danish and Filipino investors who saw the potential of wind power in the Philippines. The NPDC conducted a feasibility study and wind resource assessment in Ilocos Norte, with the help of the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the World Bank. The NPDC also partnered with Vestas, a Danish wind turbine manufacturer, to supply and install the wind turbines. The NPDC is now owned by AC Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of Ayala Corporation³.