SUNASIA TO BUILD 150MW SOLAR FACILITIES

firm SunAsia Energy, Inc. is planning to develop several solar facilities in the Philippines with a total capacity of

SunAsia President Theresa Capellan told

SunAsia’s solar project in Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, a first in the province, will be constructed this year, with the ground developed in partnership with Dagupan Electric Corp. ( DECORP).

The project, initiated by DECORP, intends to provide additional capacity to their network.

Sta. Barbara Town receives an average in hour ( kWh)/ m2/ year ( with panels tilted at 15 degrees), according to SunAsia.

Capellan said that building a solar facil

Established in 2013, SunAsia is local renewable energy developer, whose projects include the Toledo Solar Photovoltaic ( PV) Solar PV facility in Bukidnon.

Capellan earlier said SunAsia subsid construct a battery storage facility with a accommodate their five partners including Aklan Electric Cooperative, Inc. ( Akelco).

Boracay Island, replacing the capacity of the diesel peaking plant in Aklan, with half of the capacity solely dedicated for the island.

“The good thing about the battery is you do not need to dispatch the 40- megawatt hours you have. It gives them flexibility to manage their grid better and also to improve the generation rate,” Capellan said.

With the installed battery storage plant, “we are in a better position to manage our supply by storing excess power during lean months and dispatching the stored electricity for use in the Aklan mainland,” Akelco

“So, even when consumption drops sig Akelco doesn’t have to pass on to the consumers the wasted contracted energy. Excess energy can be transmitted to replace expen