Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao, in collaboration with renewable energy developer PetroGreen Energy Corp. (PGEC), switched-on the 360 kilowatt-peak solar rooftop power project in Davao City on July 8, marking an important step in the school’s sustainability journey.
PGEC and Mapúa MCM are members of the Yuchengco Group of Companies (YGC). PGEC is the renewable energy holding unit of publicly-listed PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PERC).
“We are pleased to share this milestone with the entire Mapúa MCM community. The successful completion and activation of this solar rooftop project is a testament to the institution’s commitment to embracing technological advancement and education, promoting sustainable energy solutions, and creating a more eco-friendly campus environment,” said Mapua MCM president and chief executive Dr. Dodjie Maestrecampo in a statement Tuesday.
“We have once again demonstrated our pro-active stance towards environmental stewardship through this initiative. Moreover, this project will not only help us achieve a more energy-efficient campus but will also provide invaluable hands-on learning opportunities for our students in energy science, engineering, and environment-related courses,” said Maestrecampo.
Mapúa MCM and PGEC signed an agreement on Feb. 13, 2024 to install a 360KWp solar rooftop power project, consisting of 600 units of 600 watt-peak solar panels in the school’s two main buildings.
The school issued the notice to proceed on May 17, 2024, and the installation took less than three months to complete.
“In switching on this 360 KWp rooftop solar project, PGEC is putting on-line our second RE project in 2024 following the commissioning start last April 4, 2024 of our Nabas-2 wind farm in the much-starved Panay grid. PGEC is committed to investing in more and bigger capacity RE projects in Mindanao and throughout the country,” PGEC president and chief executive Francisco Delfin Jr. said.
PGEC has investments in the 32-megawatt Maibarara Geothermal Power Project in Batangas, 50-MW Nabas Wind Power Project in Aklan and 70MWdc Tarlac Solar Power Project in Tarlac.
It is actively expanding its RE portfolio with new solar and offshore wind energy projects all over the country.
