CLARK FREEPORT – The Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) has embarked on a project to install solar panels on roofs of its buildings, including the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), to generate an initial 1,200 megawatts of power annually for the use of the 2,400-hectare aviation complex here.
CIAC president and chief executive officer Victor Jose Luciano has signed with Energy Logistics Group (ELG) president Marco Prieto Delgado an agreement that will pave the way for this, as part of a Renewable Energy Systems (RES) project within the aviation complex here.
The project here is part of ELG’s $1.3-billion investments in various parts of the country.
Luciano said ELG is one of the pioneers in renewable energy in the country and “a staunch proponent of Pres. Aquino’s directive to create a long-term roadmap to harness renewable energy sources towards the Philippines’ energy independence and security.”
ELG is registered by the Department of Energy (DOE) under the Renewable Energy Act of 2009. It has significant interests in wind, solar, hydro, bio-fuels, and biomass in the Philippines, Guam, Canada, and Latin America. With a work force of 14,000, it is a member of the Transnational Diversified Group, a privately-held conglomerate with 30 operating companies in shipping, ship management, logistics, business process outsourcing, air and travel and energy.
“ELG currently has the largest combined wind-solar pipeline in the Philippines, with a minimum of 420-megawatt in wind and 250-megawatt in solar capabilities,” Luciano said.
He noted that ELG is set to ground-break the $ 300-million 120-megawatt Pasuquin East Project in Ilocos Norte in the third quarter of 2011.
“It is investing $1.23 billion in in energy infrastructure for the next ten years in the country,” Luciano said.
He said that at the aviation complex here, ELG’s “flagship projects” would include “solar generation facilities on rooftops of existing and future terminals and hangars, initially expected to generate an estimated 1,200 megawatt hours per year.
CIAC president and chief executive officer Victor Jose Luciano has signed with Energy Logistics Group (ELG) president Marco Prieto Delgado an agreement that will pave the way for this, as part of a Renewable Energy Systems (RES) project within the aviation complex here.
The project here is part of ELG’s $1.3-billion investments in various parts of the country.
Luciano said ELG is one of the pioneers in renewable energy in the country and “a staunch proponent of Pres. Aquino’s directive to create a long-term roadmap to harness renewable energy sources towards the Philippines’ energy independence and security.”
ELG is registered by the Department of Energy (DOE) under the Renewable Energy Act of 2009. It has significant interests in wind, solar, hydro, bio-fuels, and biomass in the Philippines, Guam, Canada, and Latin America. With a work force of 14,000, it is a member of the Transnational Diversified Group, a privately-held conglomerate with 30 operating companies in shipping, ship management, logistics, business process outsourcing, air and travel and energy.
“ELG currently has the largest combined wind-solar pipeline in the Philippines, with a minimum of 420-megawatt in wind and 250-megawatt in solar capabilities,” Luciano said.
He noted that ELG is set to ground-break the $ 300-million 120-megawatt Pasuquin East Project in Ilocos Norte in the third quarter of 2011.
“It is investing $1.23 billion in in energy infrastructure for the next ten years in the country,” Luciano said.
He said that at the aviation complex here, ELG’s “flagship projects” would include “solar generation facilities on rooftops of existing and future terminals and hangars, initially expected to generate an estimated 1,200 megawatt hours per year.
