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Philippines Energy Company Junk Coal Plant & Break Ground on Latest BESS

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Aboitiz Power Corporation broke ground July 1 on a 60-megawatt standalone battery energy storage system in Naga, Cebu, built inside a former coal and diesel power plant complex whose legacy thermal units have been entirely decommissioned. The facility will reach commercial operations by October 2027 with an initial energy capacity of 120 megawatt-hours.

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