Acciona Energia has been selected, along with its local partner Freya Renewables, to develop a 160MW wind farm in the Philippines.
The contract has been awarded by the Philippines’ Department of Energy (DoE) through the fourth Open and Competitive Selection Process (OCSP4) for hydropower, geothermal and wind resources.
It grants rights to explore, develop and use wind resources in a predetermined area of Pantabangan Municipality, 150km north of Manila.
The Philippines government is driving the development of renewable energy to reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels and has set ambitious targets to increase the share of renewables in the energy mix to 35% by 2030 and 50% by 2040.
Acciona Energia recently signed an agreement with the Cebu Provincial Government and Freya Renewables to develop a 150MW photovoltaic plant on the island of Cebu.
Acciona operates in the Philippines, through its water and infrastructure divisions since 2016 and has carried out emblematic projects such as the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX), the DWTP Putatan II water treatment plant and the DWTP Laguna Lake.