Marcos urges innovative solutions vs climate change
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged the public and private sectors Tuesday to think creatively and pursue innovative solutions to fight climate change and transition to sustainable energy.
He made the remarks during his visit to the Ning*Ning 6.55-megawatt peak (MWp) solar rooftop power facility at Pasinayan Homes Prime Central (PHPC) in Naic, Cavite.
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“When we talk about climate change, when we talk about the shift from fossil fuels to renewables in terms of our power production, we always have to say that this is a new situation that we have never faced before. Therefore, we must come up, we must be creative and be able to find different solutions,” Marcos said in his speech.
“We cannot continue to do the same things that we did before,” he added.
Citing the solar rooftop power facility as an example, Marcos said this innovation can reduce around 6,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
“It’s like we removed almost a thousand vehicles from our roads,” he said.
Pioneered by the Joy~Nostalg Group—through its energy arm, Jin Navitas Solaris Inc., and its real estate arm, Raemulan Lands, Inc. (Extraordinary Enclaves)—Ning*Ning is the Philippines’ first grid-connected, utility-scale solar rooftop project within a socialized housing community.
The PHPC Project has a capacity of 6.554 MWp and uses the rooftops of 1,986 Filipino households, each with six solar photovoltaic panels, totaling 11,916 panels.
The electricity generated by the solar panels is converted to match the grid’s requirements and is then transmitted and distributed by Meralco.
The system can export 4.95 MW of power and produces about 9,182 megawatt-hours of electricity a year—enough to supply over 7,900 homes. /das
