Philippines awards six contracts for large-scale floating solar

The 610.6 MW solar projects will be installed at Laguna Lake.

The Philippines’ Department of Energy has issued six solar energy operating contracts to SunAsia Energy and its partner Blueleaf Energy to develop a total of 610.5MW of large-scale floating solar projects.

In a statement, the department said the solar facilities are located on the water surface of the Laguna Lake which covers the cities of Calamba, Sta. Rosa and Cabuya and the towns of Bay and Victoria.

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The contacts have a 25-year operating period each.

The DOE has so far awarded a total of 237 solar energy contracts with an installed capacity of 1,282MW and a potential capacity of 21,452MW.