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By Myrna M. Velasco
Offers of capacities
from renewable energy (RE) sources would be the space that Aboitiz Power
Corporation will be stepping up on in the retail competition and open access
(RCOA) phase of the electricity sector.
As indicated by Luis
Miguel O. Aboitiz, the company’s executive vice president, “demand for
renewable energy has been growing with more and more companies seeing the value
of sustainability.”
Already in their
portfolio of customers via their retail electricity supplier (RES) segments are
array of establishments that had chosen their electricity supply to be of
“clean technology” source.
These include The Net
Group, one of the pioneers in green buildings in the country based in Fort
Bonifacio; Eton Properties of the Tan Group, Nestlé Philippines, Union Bank of
the Philippines and Asian Development Bank.
Aboitiz said “there has
been tremendous increase in the demand for RE in the last few years,” noting
that the conglomerate has been beefing up presence in the sector with RES
offers under its “Cleanergy” brand.
The Aboitiz Group
vouches of total net sellable RE capacity of 1,263 megawatts, which would be
ramped soon via the commercial commissioning of its 68MW Manolo Fortich
hydropower project in Bukidnon; and 8.0MW Maris Canal hydropower venture in
Isabela.
Adding to its RE
capacity, as targeted by next year, would be its 8.8MW biomass power venture in
Lian, Batangas. In April this year, the company also brought on commercial its
6.0MW Binary 1 Makiling-Banahaw geothermal facility following its successful
rehabilitation phase.
Aboitiz said their
company “will continue to invest in RE technologies that are viable to provide
reliable, ample and competitively priced power to the country’s growing demand
for energy.”
For the TNG Group,
company president Ramon D. Rufino noted that “when we did open access, it was
very challenging in the beginning.”
Nevertheless, he
emphasized that having a helpful partner like Aboitiz Power helped them wade
through the process of directly contracting for their electricity needs,
primarily in complying with the requirements, technical procedures and even
documentation processes.”
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