FAST expands solar power push across warehouse network in PH

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• FAST Logistics plans to solarize roof space across its nationwide warehouse network and add battery storage systems
• The initiative supports a closed-loop ecosystem linking solar-powered facilities, EV chargers, and electric trucks
• The company aims to strengthen supply chain resilience while advancing its net-zero target by 2050
• Existing solar projects in Cavite and Laguna are already generating energy savings and reducing emissions
  
  

FAST Logistics Group is accelerating its renewable energy strategy with plans to fully solarize the roof space across its nationwide warehouse network and integrate battery storage systems, marking one of the Philippine logistics sector’s most ambitious decarbonization efforts.

Speaking at Solar & Storage Live Philippines, FAST CEO for logistics Manuel L. Onrejas Jr. outlined the company’s vision of creating a closed-loop electrification ecosystem where solar-powered warehouses, EV chargers, and fully electric trucks operate as a unified logistics network.

The move comes as logistics operators face mounting pressure from rising electricity and fuel costs, increasing sustainability requirements from global customers, and ongoing infrastructure challenges affecting transport and energy reliability.

Why it matters

“Our vision is to build a more resilient off-grid closed-loop electrification ecosystem where solar panels across our warehouses nationwide power our facilities, EV chargers, and fully electric trucks,” Onrejas said in a press statement. 

“This allows us to become more energy-efficient, more sustainable, and more cost-effective as the logistics provider of choice of the leading brands in the Philippines,” he added.

FAST is the first end-to-end logistics provider in the country to commit to achieving net zero by 2050. It has also joined the Net Zero Carbon Alliance, a private sector-led organization focused on climate action and decarbonization.

The company’s scale gives the initiative significant potential impact. FAST operates more than 160 dry and cold-chain facilities, over 2 million square meters of warehouse space, more than 1 million pallet positions, and handles annual throughput exceeding 1 billion units.

By the numbers

FAST also manages a transport network of more than 3,100 trucks and over 900 trucking partners nationwide.

At its FAST ColdChain Hub Cavite facility, 1,900 solar panels covering 5,035 square meters generated more than 565,000 kilowatt-hours of solar energy in 2025, avoiding approximately 386 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions while delivering millions of pesos in savings.

Meanwhile, FAST Cabuyao in Laguna operates 864 solar panels across 2,660.35 square meters, producing more than 424,000 kilowatt-hours of solar energy and avoiding 289 metric tons of emissions in 2025.

The challenge

The Laguna hub also hosts solar-powered EV chargers supporting the company’s electric truck fleet. Between 2024 and 2025, FAST’s EV operations avoided 243.83 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions compared with equivalent diesel-powered operations.

Onrejas acknowledged that significant challenges remain, including low warehouse utilization rates, traffic congestion and prolonged dwell times that reduce EV productivity, as well as the limited availability of commercial-grade charging infrastructure designed for trucks. 

“Sustainability is embedded in FAST’s business strategy,” he said. “For us, investing in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and more resilient logistics infrastructure is essential to building a stronger, future-ready supply chain that meets the sustainability commitments of our most discerning customers,” he said. —Vanessa Hidalgo | Ed: Corrie S. Narisma