The Ayala Group-backed ACEN Corp. is taking the lead in the Philippines’ clean power sector as it sealed a landmark deal with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to acquire a 25-percent stake in the country’s largest offshore wind project.
The amount is the first major release under a P5.3-billion project financing facility arranged with RCBC. It follows the Yuchengco family-controlled bank’s earlier release of P800 million in funding for Alternergy’s Balsik Solar project in March.
Each turbine features 90-meter blades — about the length of a football field — and a rotor diameter of 182 meters. When installed, the towers will reach 195 meters in height, comparable to Makati City skyscrapers such as RCBC Plaza and Ayala Triangle Garden North.
Airstream Renewable Corp., a subsidiary of NexGen Energy Corp. (PSE:XG), has received Green Lane certifications from the Board of Investments' One-Stop Action Center for Strategic Investments for its planned wind energy projects in Real and Mauban, Quezon.
Tycoon Edgar Saavedra’s Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC), through subsidiary Citicore Wind Energy Corp., is partnering with Levanta Renewables to develop an onshore wind portfolio in the Philippines.
The Zobel family-led ACEN reported a 34 percent increase in consolidated net income, reaching P2.7 billion in the first quarter of 2024, as attributable renewable energy output surged by nearly 50 percent.
Alternergy Holdings Corp., the listed renewable power firm founded by former Energy Secretary Vicente Perez, aims to begin operations of its Alabat wind power project in Quezon province next year.