By Danessa Rivera (The
Philippine Star) | Updated February 29, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – Local
renewable energy PhilCarbon Inc. is bullish in developing more renewable energy
(RE) projects following the completion of its joint solar project with Citicore
Power, a sister company of Megawide Construction Corp.
The company said it is working on a
portfolio of over 140 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy projects after it
finished its 25-MW joint solar project with Citicore last week.
PhilCarbon president Ruth Yu-Owen
said the company is optimistic the completed solar project would be able to
avail of the Feed-in tariff (FIT) as the project was completed ahead of the
March 15, 2016 deadline set by the Department of Energy (DOE).
She said the company is now focusing
its efforts on other projects being developed with Citicore Power such as the
87-MW La Carlota solar farm in Negros Occidental and the 12-MW Himamaylan
Biomass Project in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental.
The company is also developing the
following projects with Upgrade Energy of Belgium namely the 1.814-MW Home
Depot Solar rooftop project in Laguna, 1-MW Solaire solar power project,
50-kilowatt (kW) Micro Hydro Project in Zamboanga City, 2.5-MW Manicahan River
Hydro power project in Zamboanga City, 600-kW Magat F RIS hydro power project
in Isabela and 33-MW wind project in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro.
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