Carcar City govt. signs MOU with solar power producer

CEBU, Philippines -  Carcar City has tied up with a solar power producer for the possible setting up of a solar-fired power plant.

 “The MOU will help us see if a solar power plant is feasible in our city. But hopefully feasible gyud siya kay maayo nalang madugangan atong power supply,” said Mayor Nice Apura.

 The city signed the memorandum of understanding with Ceko Solar Corp., a power company jointly owned by Filipinos and Korean nationals.

 The city and Ceko Solar entered the MOU last week.

 Jessie Tundag of Ceko Solar said they are proposing to construct a 15-megawatt solar plant in Carcar, which is expected to cost them at least P2 billion. Carcar City will be providing the land, said Tundag, where they will set up the plant. He said they will need six to 10 hectares of lot for their solar panels and plants. Apura said they plan to set up the project at the newly launched Eco City Center in Barangay Polacion III.

 “If they are earning money in Korea in winter how much more in the Philippines?” said Tundag.

 Tundag said this may be the first time their company will have a solar plant in the Philippines, if their proposal in Carcar pushes through. Their Korean partners, Posco ICT, MIR SYSTEM, Hantherm, Chanju Industrial Development, Areone Investment and Consulting Group, Sung Hyun High-Tech, have established renewable energy plants in South Korea for years. 

 Ceko Solar, he said, has on-going negotiations with Cadiz in Negros for a 50MW solar plant, a 10MW plant in Minglanilla and another 10MW plant in Liloan, Cebu.

 Tundag said if everything goes smoothly as planned, and the Department of Energy has given them the go signal, they shall start with the construction one and a half years from now. 

He said they also hope to have similar projects in other local government units in Cebu.  (FREEMAN)