Spectrum energizes solar farm

BY LENIE LECTURA – JULY 29, 2021
from Business Mirror

The Manila Electric Co.’s renewable energy subsidiary, Spectrum, has energized a one-megawatt (MW) solar farm within Maynilad’s La Mesa Pumping station.

The solar farm is composed of 2,592 pieces of 390W Sunpower solar panels laid out over approximately 8,250 square meters of land. The farm is estimated to generate 1,324,512 kWh per annum while reducing their carbon footprint by 943.32 ton, which is equivalent to planting 1,936,002 trees.

The utility firm said Thursday that the solar farm enables the pumping station to generate clean energy for its own use via solar power.

“As part of our commitment to create a more sustainable future through renewable energy, we are proud to have worked with Maynilad in powering the La Mesa Pumping Station,” said Spectrum Chief Operating Officer Robert Marlon T. Pereja.

Spectrum is also providing power to the City of Dreams (CoD), International Rice Research Institute, and Cagbalete solar farms.  In January 2020, Spectrum helped set up a P76-million solar power project for CoD Manila, the country’s first integrated resort to harness solar energy. The project’s capacity is 1.2MW composed of 3,120 solar PV panels, installed on a 6,436 square meter area across two buildings of CoD.

The solar project can generate power of up to 1,730 megawatt hour (MWh) annually, equivalent to 923,820 kilogram of carbon foot print reduction, which is enough to power almost 1,000 households every year.

Spectrum is eyeing more deals from the residential and commercial sectors.