San Carlos Solar Energy (SaCaSol) is a greenfield, stand alone solar farm that supplies daytime peak power to the local grid throughout the entire year. It has a total of 45 MW, developed in four phases.
The project sites are on a collective 70 hectare property within the San Carlos Ecozone. They are near the 19.99 MW San Carlos BioPower (SCBP) biomass plant and the operational San Carlos BioEnergy (SCBI) bio-ethanol plant with its co-generation power facility.
Location
San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Commissioning
June 2014 & Sept. 2015
Nominal power
45 MWp
Annual energy yield
69,312 MWh
CO2 savings
39,853 tons/year
System Technology