AT LAST, there is now a renewable energy project inside Clark Freeport with the sun’s power converted into electricity.
Last Friday, the $40-million Clark Solar Power project was launched with the Clark Development Corporation welcoming it in open arms as it is expected to generate almost 25 MW of electricity that can energize at least 100,000 households in the province of Pampanga and Clark once its operations will be in full swing.
The solar power plant will likewise ensure that adequate and low cost electric supply shall be provided to locators of the Freeport such as manufacturing, business process outsourcing and tourism businesses among others.
The project is major step towards the global campaign against carbon footprints and for the use of alternative sources of energy such as the sun. It promises clean and environment-friendly operations while providing reliable electric power.
Aside from such, it also supports the national government’s thrust of tapping renewable energy sources such as wind, water and the sun in an effort of contributing to the global effort of saving the earth from carbon emissions from coal or diesel-fired power plants.
The project was already interconnected with the Clark Electric Development Corporation (CEDC), the current electric supply provider of Clark and was already registered with the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). It shall likewise be registered with the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) so it can also sell electricity in excess of the power requirement of the project’s clienteles.
Solar power projects are becoming fads because of environmental issues and massive pollution from regular energy sources.
Republic Act 9513 or the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 promotes the acceleration of development and utilization of renewable energy resources such as solar energy sources to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels are non-renewable and once depleted, they cannot be replaced by anything. It is just proper and fitting that we tap other energy sources aside from these fossil fuels.
Recently, another solar power plant project has opened Mariveles, Bataan in a 37-hectare location in the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB).
The New Generation Power Technology (NGPT) Corp. and the Citicore Power both in the energy industry has inaugurated an 18 MW solar power plant that also promises to provide clean and reliable electric power source with the said Freeport.
With the growing awareness on environmental care, we might be seeing soon more solar power plant projects in the country and other alternative sources of electric energy such as the wind farm project in Ilocos Norte.
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