Alternergy awards EPC contract for solar project

By Alena Mae S. Flores – May 8, 2023, 8:55 pm
from manilastandard.net

Listed Alternergy Holdings Corp. said Monday it awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the 20-megawatt Solana solar power project in Hermosa, Bataan of wholly-owned subsidiary Solana Solar Alpha.

Alternergy said it awarded the EPC contract to JGC Philippines Inc., the largest overseas EPC subsidiary of Japan’s JGC Group.

SSAI also issued the notice to proceed with the early work activities.

“We are excited to move forward with the construction of the Solana project, part of the Alternergy Group’s triple play portfolio,” said Alternergy chairman Vicente Pérez Jr.

JGC serves industries including power, petroleum refining, petrochemicals, metals and minerals= and biofuels. It has completed solar plants with a capacity of about 800 MW and another 170 MW under construction.

JGC Philippines was selected after a competitive bidding process involving six companies from China, Germany, India and Japan.