Subic Bay Aeta community to host solar-wind power plant

The solar and wind power plant worth P8.94 billion, to be constructed inside Aeta ancestral domain at Subic Bay Freeport Zone, will soon be reality after the project's signing of agreement last week.

Signing of MOA for the combine solar-wind power project in Subic with the Aeta community. (source: SubicNewsLink)

Once completed, the renewable plant is expected to provide 150 megawatts of combine solar and wind power.

On December 12, Aeta tribal chieftain Conrado Frenilla, and community elder Bonifacio Florentino lead the Aeta community in signing the memorandum of agreement with local firm Jobin SQM Inc. and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.

The project, which will prove that nature and technology can co-exist, will be put up inside the Pastolan Aeta's ancestral domain.

The project will "accelerate the exploration and development of renewable energy sources, increase utilization of such and promote their efficient and cost-effective commercial application," according to SBMA chairman Roberto Garcia.

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