PH breaks ground for Tantangan Solar Project in Mindanao

Phase 1 will be completed by 2026.

The Philippines has broken ground for the Tantangan solar plant, a renewable energy project in the Mindanao region expected to energise over 82,000 households.

According to the country’s Department of Energy, the Tantangan Solar Power Project is led by Apolaki Seven, Inc., and ib vogt GmbH. It will deliver clean and renewable energy to the national grid, with its total capacity of 99 megawatt-peak.

The power plant is projected to generate over 150,000 megawatt-hours of clean electricity annually, reducing carbon emissions by an estimated 66,000 tonnes per year.

“This project contributes meaningfully to our goal of increasing the renewable energy share in our power mix to 35% by 2030 and 50% by 2040,” said DOE Undersecretary Mylene Capongcol.

The project’s Phase 1, with 40 megawatts of alternating current, was awarded under the Green Energy Auction Program 2 and is scheduled for completion by 31 December 2026.