DOE Clears P18 Billion Solar Power Project In Isabela Province

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy has given the go signal to a Filipino-French joint venture to develop one of the biggest renewable energy projects in the country – an P18-billion solar farm in Ilagan City, Isabela province.

The project will be undertaken by San Ignacio Energy Resources Development Corp., which is part of the Nextnorth Energy Group developing over 450 megawatts of solar and hydro projects in Northern Luzon, and French firm Total Eren S.A.

Total Eren is a renewable independent power producer with over 3.7 gigawatts of wind and solar projects under construction or in operation globally. It counts French multi-energy company Total Energies as one of its strategic shareholders, with extensive experience in the development, financing, construction and operation of renewable energy power plants globally.