By
Lenie Lectura - April 4, 2018
MOTORCYCLE and
appliance retailer Emcor Inc. is now reaping the benefits of a solar farm atop
the roof of its Agdao branch in Davao City.
It said on
Wednesday it is now enjoying power savings of up to one third of its monthly
electricity bill, following the installation of a 100-kilowattt (kW) capacity
solar rooftop panel.
The company’s branch in
Agdao is the second customer of local distribution utility Davao Light and
Power Co. Inc., to apply for net-metering at the maximum 100-kW capacity limit.
Emcor management said
the clean energy produced in their Agdao store addresses half of their energy
requirements while reducing their carbon footprint by up to 100 metric tons a
year.
Also, the system is
still able to generate 100 kW per hour, despite the system’s being switched off
on Sundays.
“Emcor is not new to
solar energy; we’ve had three branches already fit out with solar panels in the
past, each one less than 10 kW. At 100 kW, Agdao is our flagship solar-equipped
branch, which stands as a testament to our going green, while benefiting from
lower power costs at the same time,” the company said.
Emcor contracted power
solutions provider LuminAsia Renewables and Green Energy Inc. to provide
turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services to install the
rooftop photovoltaic system for the retail store.
Upon commissioning in
March, Carlos Garcia, LuminAsia CEO, said the system was intentionally designed
with no battery-storage components since the building’s power requirements are
entirely during sunlight hours
“This allows maximum
returns since batteries increase the overall cost and maintenance of the system
significantly. I think it’s crucial to consider because we are in the business
of power savings, not solar energy for its own sake,” Garcia added.
Emcor’s Agdao PV system
is projected to generate electricity of up to 128-megawatt hours in a year. The
company hopes to expand its green initiative and apply the same technologies
for its other branches in the Visayas and Mindanao.
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