The country’s first hybrid solar PV and battery plant (pictured) was commissioned earlier this year. Image: ACEN.
An infrastructure group owned by billionaire Enrique K Razon has proposed construction of a solar-plus-storage project in the Philippines, which would be one of the biggest in the world.
Prime Infrastructure Holdings (Prime Infra) is owned by Razon, chairman and CEO of marine cargo-handling services group International Container Terminal Services Group.
The company said last week that it is developing a project which would combine anything between 2,500MW and 3,500MW of solar PV generation with battery storage of 4,000MWh to 4,500MWh capacity.
Calling it “a model of dependable renewable energy,” the project would be built through companies controlled by Prime Infra, together with Solar Philippines.
Prime Infra and Solar Philippines – founded…