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First PH industrial solar farm to rise in Batangas Shell Refinery
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- Friday, 04 October 2019 - 2:40:00 PM
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Inc. is putting up the first industrial solar farm in its Tabangao oil refinery in Batangas City in an effort to produce cleaner fuel in the face of the pressing need to curb carbon footprints.
The groundbreaking of this Integrated Energy Project, October 4, was led by Batangas Vice Governor Mark Leviste, Provincial Administrator Levy Dimaunahan, Fortunato Sibayan from the Department of Enenrgy (DOE), Refinery General Manager Jan Peter Groot Wassink, and Pilipinas Shell Country Chairman Cesar Romero.
About 5,000 solar panels. will be installed on the former golf course of the refinery. This is expected to be operational by December.
Shell Refinery Business Opportunity and Business Development Manager Paolo Barredo said, “The first part is the solar panel that will get solar energy from the sun and this in turn will combine with the energy mix of the refinery. The produced energy will be utilized in running certain facilities of the refinery. The second leg is battery solution. The excess power in the refinery, which is cleaner and equivalent to 500,000 trees in terms of impact to the environment, and about 2-3 megawatts will be exported to the grid.”
Refinery General Manager Jan-Peter Groot Wassink said that this project was a “game changer” that would realize the vision of Shell Philippines to become a “refinery of the future.”
Shell Companies in the Philippines Country Chairman Cesar Romero said that this was a historic moment for Shell Philippines which is striving to achieve self sufficiency in generating power and hybrid solution, propelled by a strong commitment to nation building and energy transition.
Mr.Sibayan who represented DOE Solar and Wind Energy Management Division, Renewable Energy Management Bureau congratulated the Shell Philippines for embarking on the first industrial-scale solar (photovoltaic) pv farm in the oil refinery and largest behind the meter battery energy storage system (bess) in the Philippines.
“Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation has again proven its support towards the government’s motivation of using cleaner sources of energy for sustainable development,” he said.
“The department wishes that this facility will serve as the leading light in the industrial sector on the use of solar power facility for own-use. This must continue as this signifies the strength of our industry that is founded on sector reforms. I am certain that with your help, we can achieve more and do more for our country," according to Sibayan.
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Mayor Beverley Rose A. Dimacuha
Batangas City Hall Complex,
P. Burgos Street, Barangay 17,
Batangas City, Batangas
Philippines 4200
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