Yuchengco’s Isabela solar farm starts power delivery

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December 19, 2025 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines —  Yuchengco-led PetroGreen Energy Corp. (PGEC) has further reinforced the Luzon grid with the integration of its utility-scale solar farm in Isabela, paving the way for commercial power delivery.

PGEC, through Rizal Green Energy Corp. (RGEC), secured from the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) the provisional certificate of approval to connect the second phase of its 40-megawatt (MW) Limbauan Solar.

For the initial delivery, the project exported about 33.83 MW of electricity to the grid.

“We are pleased to start exporting power from our Limbauan Solar Phase 2 facility, which is a green energy auction 2-qualified project,” PGEC vice president Maria Victoria Olivar said in a statement yesterday.

Olivar said the milestone reflects the “strong cooperation” between the public and private sectors, highlighting its importance in ensuring the project’s timely completion.

In the coming weeks, PGEC expects to switch on Limbauan Solar’s remaining six MW as well as the 25-MW Bugallon Solar in Pangasinan.

The Pangasinan project, already completed last month, is only awaiting the NGCP’s clearance for energization to add more power to the Luzon grid.

“Once energized, PGEC would have 263 MW of utility-scale operational renewable energy facilities,” Olivar said.

Limbauan Solar is the third facility under RGEC to be energized, following the commercial operations of the 27-MW Dagohoy Solar in Bohol and the 19.6-MW San Jose Solar in Nueva Ecija earlier this year.

RGEC is a joint venture between PGEC and Japan’s Taisei Corp.

Apart from these solar projects, PGEC is also advancing the development of its planned battery energy storage system (BESS) in Capiz after securing a key environmental clearance.

Located in the municipality of Panitan, the BESS facility is targeted for commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2026.

A BESS facility stores excess electricity generated during low-demand periods and supplies it back to the grid during peak demand, ensuring the stability and reliability of the transmission network.