Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), through its renewable energy subsidiary Aboitiz Renewables Inc. (ARI), has energized the 45-megawatt peak (MWp) Armenia Solar Project in Tarlac.

Commissioned in late November, this marks the company’s first solar power facility in Central Luzon.

“The Armenia Solar Project gives Aboitiz Renewables and AboitizPower great pride, being able to contribute our part to the diversification of the Philippine power mix.”

“We can be counted on to continue to help build and strengthen a cleaner energy system for the future,” ARI president Jimmy Villaroman said.

Addition to grid

The solar plant connects to the grid via an 11.58-kilometer transmission line spanning five barangays.

“We appreciate the help of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines in integrating Armenia into the grid. There is no energy transition without transmission, so we thank them for their support,” Villaroman said.

The Armenia Solar Project is AboitizPower’s fourth operational solar facility.

Other projects include the 59-MWp San Carlos Sun Power Plant in Negros Occidental, the 94-MWp Cayanga-Bugallon Solar Power facility in Pangasinan, and the 159-MWp Laoag Solar Power Plant, also in Pangasinan.

AboitizPower has disclosed over 1,000 MW in renewable energy projects and continues to expand its portfolio, which includes solar, hydro, geothermal, wind and energy storage systems.

ARI’s geothermal subsidiary, AP Renewables Inc., is also developing the Bay Battery Energy Storage System in Laguna, a project that will integrate the Philippines’ first-ever geothermal and battery hybrid system.

The company remains committed to its goal of adding 3,600 MW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, contributing to a total of 4,600 MW of clean energy.

To ensure energy reliability, it continues to invest in thermal power plants to meet the country’s baseload and peak energy demands.