PetroGreen powers on Pangasinan solar park

PetroGreen Energy Corp. (PGEC) has begun injecting electricity to the power grid with the commissioning of its 25-megawatt (MW) solar park in Pangasinan.

The Yuchengco-led company said on Wednesday that the testing and commissioning of the Bugallon Solar Power Project started on April 18. This, after PGEC secured the necessary permits.

“As important, the facility’s milestone meets the administration’s urgent imperative to bring more indigenous and renewable energy capacity online, especially during this period of energy supply instability,” PGEC assistant vice president Dave Gadiano said in a statement.

The facility is part of a 111.6-MW line up of four utility-scale solar projects under Rizal Green Energy Corp. It is a joint venture of PGEC with Japan-based Taisei Corp.

Once the preoperational testing with the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is done, the solar park will operate under a fixed 20-year tariff. This followed a win at the second round of the government’s green energy auction program.

In another development, PGEC said its 13.2-MW Nabas-2 Wind project in Aklan had obtained from NGCP last week the final certificate of approval to connect to the grid.

“The facility’s impending commercial operation not only takes advantage of the DOE’s (Department of Energy) and NGCP’s ongoing reinforcement of the Boracay-Caticlan-Nabas transmission line where Nabas-2 is connected, but also ensures that tourism and business establishments in Boracay and Aklan get more clean power from our Nabas wind farm,” Gadiano added.

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The DOE said last week that visitors to tourist haven Boracay Island can soon expect “a more reliable and resilient” electricity supply as the new P5.27-billion transmission project nears completion.

The DOE said the project, once operational, would help address rising demand for power, boost system reliability and entice private players to keep building renewable energy assets.

The project is among the seven developments NGCP targets to complete within the year.