Makban geothermal energy plant, Philippines (supply: Mitsubishi Energy)
APRI has awarded the EPC contract for a deliberate battery storage system to enhance the Makban geothermal energy plant within the Philippines.
AP Renewables Inc. (APRI) has signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Building (EPC) contract with Shandong Electrical Energy Engineering Consulting Institute Co. Ltd (SDEPCI) for the Bay Battery Power Storage System (BESS) challenge in Bay, Laguna, Philippines. This challenge will present battery storage for APRI’s Makban geothermal energy plant, permitting it to assist the facility grid during times of peak demand and energy disruption.
“We’re excited to be the host of this new funding. It contributes to the nation’s power transition and brings extra worth to our host communities,” stated APRI President Jeffrey Estrella throughout the signing of the EPC contract.
Apart from augmenting the reliability of the geothermal energy plant, the challenge can even uplift the regional economic system by selling industrial progress, creating jobs, and sustaining native financial exercise by guaranteeing the provision of fresh and reliable energy.
Alex Coo, COO of APRI, additionally described the challenge as a “groundbreaking milestone, being the first-ever BESS and geothermal hybrid system within the Philippines.”
APRI operates each the Tiwi and Makban geothermal energy crops within the Philippines. In 2022, APRI awarded the EPC contract for a 17-MW binary energy plant enlargement of the Tiwi geothermal challenge to Ormat Applied sciences and Desco Inc.
Supply: Inquirer.internet
