First solar farm in Negros

  • Montesol
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    18 MW
    Installed
    Capacity
    plant location
    Bais, Negros Oriental
    Philippines
    emissions avoided
    17,459*
    MT CO2e
    Emissions Avoided

Installed in just over 2.5 months or 80 days from “first pile in” to commissioning and energization (“first power out”), the MonteSol solar plant produces around 24,205 MWh per year of solar electricity, offsetting about 14,838 tons of CO2 and powering 16,200 average Philippine households annually. It was energized and commissioned on February 27, 2016.

*as of Dec 2020

Project Highlights

Solar Panel Specifications:

JA Solar 260Wp

ACEN Economic Stake:

100%

Start of Commercial Operations:

2016

Recognition/s:

1st place, Solar Category, Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) Compliance Officers (WCO) Summit 2020

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    ACEN Chairman Fernando Zobel de Ayala at the inauguration of the 18 MW solar farm in Bais, Negros Oriental.

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    ACEN team led by Chairman Fernando Zobel de Ayala and President & CEO Eric Francia with Mayor Mercedes Teves-Goni at MonteSol's inauguration.

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