Once the BESS is completed in Naga, Cebu this solar facility, called the Calatrava Solar Power Plant is Aboitiz Renewables’ second solar facility in Negros Occidental and is the largest renewable energy installation in the Visayas region. (Photo from Aboitiz Power)
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Coal is dying a slow death in the central Philippines, and giant batteries are moving into the neighborhood to take its place.
The Visayas power grid has suffered from chronic reliability issues for years, leaving the province of Cebu vulnerable to rolling blackouts during peak periods. As regional authorities push to integrate more renewable energy into an aging network, energy companies are shifting investments from fossil fuels to utility-scale energy storage.
Aboitiz Power Corporation broke ground July 1 on a 60-megawatt standalone battery energy storage system in the City of Naga, located in southern Cebu. The new facility is being built inside the Naga Power Plant Complex, a site originally developed in the 1980s that once housed coal and diesel units. Those legacy thermal units have been entirely decommissioned and demolished to clear a path for the clean energy hub.
