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ACEN and Citicore boost a solar park in the Philippines

The Ayarat-Mexico solar park in the Philippines reached maximum capacity on March 23. To compensate for energy losses, ACEN and Citicore will expand this park as of next month.

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The solar park’s maximum capacity was reached less than a year after work began.
The 72 MW were quickly exceeded.
That’s why ACEN and Citicore, two companies working in renewable energies, have decided to give it a helping hand.
Their aim is to add the necessary capacity to the grid in time for the growing demand during the summer season.
“Our construction team is ready to start work on phase 2 next month. This will increase the plant’s total capacity to 116 MW before the end of this year,” announced Citicore CEO Oliver Tan.
“It’s up to Citicore’s Property Managers to manage and operate this huge solar park in-house. Currently, we have 8 solar parks and a microgrid solar rooftop under our management.”
The Nationale Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will conduct its own grid compliance tests, during the second week of April.
Once the energization is complete and successful, these tests will be carried out

A collective project

“The Arayat-Mexico solar park, however, is another example of how our partners are leveraging their collective expertise. And their experience and determination to deliver a high-quality project on time too,” said Jose Maria Zabaleta, ACEN’s Director of Development. “I’m proud of the teams who worked tirelessly on this project from development, right through to its operation.”
Once fully operational, the 72 MW solar park will generate 105 GWh of renewable energy per year.
That’s enough to power 45,000 homes while avoiding 72,000 MT of CO2 emissions per year.
The solar project therefore has the potential to expand up to 116 MW.

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