RENEWABLE ENERGY developer Alternergy Holdings Corp. has began industrial operations of its P1.4-billion solar farm in Hermosa, Bataan, adding capability to its solar portfolio.
In a press release on Tuesday, the corporate said its 28-megawatt (MW) Balsik Solar Power Plant has began supplying electricity to the grid and is predicted to generate about 45,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
Business operations followed the completion of testing and commissioning, in addition to the issuance of the ultimate certificate of authority to attach by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).
Spanning 30 hectares, the solar facility uses 45,600 bifacial solar modules and is predicted to assist avoid about 31,000 metric tons of carbon emissions.
The plant supplies renewable energy to large industrial and industrial customers through a 300-meter, 69-kilovolt transmission line connected to the NGCP Hermosa Substation.
The project adds to Alternergy’s existing portfolio of 10 ground-mounted solar facilities, industrial rooftop systems, and solar projects with battery energy storage.
The corporate can also be developing three more solar energy projects that recently secured awards under the fourth round of the Green Energy Auction Program, with a complete capability of as much as 240 MW.
Meanwhile, the Balsik Solar Power Plant is the primary of 4 recent power projects that the corporate targets to finish this 12 months, alongside the 128-MW Tanay wind farm, 64-MW Alabat wind farm, and 4.6-MW Dupinga run-of-river hydro project.
“Alternergy’s core strength is in constructing power projects from pre-development all of the strategy to industrial phase. That is most evident as we herald 4 projects online and begin a gentle flow of revenues for the corporate starting this 12 months,” Alternergy President Gerry P. Magbanua said.
Alternergy is a renewable energy company with projects spanning wind, run-of-river hydro, solar farms, industrial rooftops, battery storage, and offshore wind.
The corporate goals to construct a 1,000-MW renewable energy portfolio by 2030. — Sheldeen Joy Talavera