YUCHENGCO-LED BKS Green Energy Corp. has began constructing the 40-megawatt direct current (MWdc) Limbauan Solar Power Project in San Pablo, Isabela, expected to produce clean energy to approximately 33,000 households.
The P1.9-billion project will utilize 52,640 solar panels supplied by Chinese company Trina Solar Co., Ltd., the corporate said in a media release on Tuesday.
The solar farm will likely be developed in two phases: a 6-MWdc Phase 1, which can connect with the Isabela Electric Cooperative II system, and a 34-MWdc Phase 2, which can link to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ (NGCP) 69-kilovolt Tuguegarao-Cabagan line through a dedicated transmission facility.
Once accomplished by the tip of this 12 months, the ability is anticipated to generate as much as 59 gigawatt-hours of unpolluted energy annually, avoiding 31,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
BKS Green Energy is a subsidiary of Rizal Green Energy Corp., a three way partnership between PetroGreen Energy Corp. (PGEC) and Japan’s Taisei Corp. PGEC is the renewable energy arm of publicly listed PetroEnergy Resources Corp.
“Along with increasing energy supply, we anticipate employing around 500 to 600 employees at the height of construction, partnering with our host LGUs (local government units) for our corporate social responsibility and environmental protection programs, and contributing to the general economic and social progress of the Cagayan Valley region,” said Maria Victoria M. Oliver, PGEC vice-president for business development and industrial operations.
In November last 12 months, the Department of Energy (DoE) certified the solar energy project as an energy project of national significance as a consequence of its contribution to economic growth.
“The federal government needs more private investors, like PGEC and BKS, to take a position in and develop renewable energy facilities due to our ever-growing demand for power,” said Marissa P. Cerezo, director of the DoE Renewable Energy Management Bureau. — Sheldeen Joy Talavera
