AboitizPower Launches Armenia Solar Plant in Tarlac, Philippines

AboitizPower integrates the 45-MWp Armenia Solar in Tarlac to its growing portfolio of renewable energy assets.

Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), through its renewable energy arm Aboitiz Renewables Inc. (ARI), energized the 45-megawatt peak (MWp) Armenia Solar Project in Tarlac late November, marking its first solar power plant in Central Luzon.

“The Armenia Solar Project gives Aboitiz Renewables and AboitizPower great pride, being able to contribute our part to the diversification of the Philippine power mix. We can be counted on to continue to help build and strengthen a cleaner energy system for the future,” said ARI President Jimmy Villaroman.

The solar facility connects to the grid via an 11.58-kilometer transmission line that traverses five barangays.

“We appreciate the help of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines in integrating Armenia to the grid,” Villaroman said. “There is no energy transition without transmission, so we thank them for their support.”

The Armenia Solar Project is AboitizPower’s fourth energized solar facility, following the 59-MWp San Carlos Sun Power Inc. Power Plant in Negros Occidental, the 94-MWp Cayanga-Bugallon Solar Power facility in Pangasinan, and the 159-MWp Laoag Solar Power Plant in Pangasinan.

Currently, AboitizPower has over 1,000 MW of disclosed projects from various indigenous energy sources, while constantly pursuing opportunities to grow its portfolio for solar, hydro, geothermal, wind, and energy storage systems.

AP Renewables Inc., the geothermal subsidiary of ARI, also announced the Bay battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Laguna, having recently signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contract with Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Co. Ltd. When realized, it will be the first-ever BESS and geothermal hybrid system in the Philippines.

AboitizPower is on track in its goal of building 3,600 MW of new renewable energy capacity en route to 4,600 MW by 2030. It also continues to invest in thermal power plants to support the country’s baseload and peak energy demands.