Nickel Asia unit connects solar power plant to grid

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Nickel Asia Corp. subsidiary Emerging Power Inc. (EPI) said an additional 72 megawatts (MW) of solar energy under Jobin-SQM Inc. (JSI) has been connected to the national power grid last week.

JSI’s renewable energy generation facility is located in a contiguous area in Mt. Sta. Rita within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales. This brings the company’s total installed and operational solar power capacity to 172 MW.

The expansion includes the installation of a compact state-of-the-art substation with smart features supporting advanced communications and remote operations control functions such as faster response time in case of technical incidents.

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The new substation servicing the 72 MW expansion connects through a new transmission line to the existing substation servicing the 100MW and the consolidated capacity of 172 MW then runs thru a 7.7 kilometer transmission line to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority substation of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines.

With this additional solar capacity in operation, EPI has increased its contribution towards the augmentation of the country’s renewable energy supply. EPI is the renewable energy arm of listed natural resources development firm Nickel Asia Corp. – Jed Macapagal

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