Aboitiz Power Corp., energized its first solar power plant in Central Luzon, the 45 megawatt peak (MWp) Armenia Solar Project in Tarlac.

AboitizPower, a unit Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. (ARI), said it now has four solar facilities across the country after Armenia Solar Project came online last month.

Other solar facilities of AboitizPower include the 59-MWp San Carlos Sun Power Inc. Power Plant in Negros Occidental, the 94-MWp Cayanga-Bugallon Solar Power facility in Pangasinan, and the 159-MWp Laoag Solar Power Plant in Pangasinan.

“The Armenia Solar Project gives Aboitiz Renewables and AboitizPower great pride, being able to contribute our part to the diversification of the Philippine power mix. We can be counted on to continue to help build and strengthen a cleaner energy system for the future,” ARI president Jimmy Villaroman said.

The new solar facility is contributing clean energy to the grid via an 11.58-kilometer transmission line.

To date, the company has over 1,000 MW of clean energy portfolio, including from solar, hydro, geothermal, wind, and energy storage systems.

AboitizPower’s geothermal unit AP Renewables, Inc. (APRI) is also developing the Bay battery energy storage system (BESS) in Laguna, which is set to be the country’s first geothermal and BESS integrated facility.

The power firm is also optimistic to hit its goal of building 3,600 MW of new RE capacity to reach its target of installing 4,600 MW of renewables facility by 2030. This supports the goal of the government to achieve 35 percent RE share to the energy mix by 2030.