page_title: AC Energy
section_title: Renewables Philippines
hierarchical_section_title: AC Energy / Energy Projects and Affiliates / Renewables Philippines
caption_attribution_description: English: Standing in an arc in wind-lashed scrubland, the windmills, which started supplying electricity to 40 per cent of Ilocos Norte province in May, are the first source of clean energy introduced in the Phillipines, a nation with 84 million people reliant on oil and gas.
context_page_description: AC Energy Inc. or simply AC Energy is the investment of Ayala Corporation in the power sector engaging primarily in greenfield or brownfield projects, renewable energy, and conventional technologies.
  In 2016, it expanded to include the purchase, retail, supply and delivery of electricity, and 2017, includes the development, operation and maintenance of power projects. It is now one of the fastest growing energy companies focusing on renewable energy and thermal energy in the Philippines and around the Asia-Pacific region.
context_section_description: North Luzon Renewables owns and operates an 81 MW wind farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. The plant started its commercial operations in November 2014. The wind farm uses 27 units wind turbines with 3MW installed capacity.
  Northwind Power owns and operates a 52 MW wind farm in Bangui Bay, Ilocos Norte. Phase I consists of 15 wind turbines; Phase II was completed in August 2008 and added five more wind turbines increasing the capacity to 33 MW. Six wind turbines with a capacity of 19 MW were added in 2014 as NorthWind Power's third phase, bringing its total capacity to 52 MW.
  Monte Solar Energy Inc. (MonteSol) is a wholly owned subsidiary and started its full commercial operations in February 2016 with 18MW solar farm and serves the power requirements of Bais, Dumaguete and Cebu. The solar farm uses 67,920 modules of solar panels and 17 units of inverters.
  San Carlos Solar Energy (SaCaSol) solar farm is the Philippines’ first utility-scale solar farm that began construction in September 2013 and currently delivers about 70 million kW hours to the grid. AC Energy only has 4 percent stake with SacaSol. The project is located on a total of 70-hectare property within San Carlos Ecozone in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
  Negros Island Solar Power Inc. (IslaSol) is a special purpose vehicle composed of the second and third solar power plants built by clean energy developers, Visayas Renewables Corp. (AC Energy Devco) and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets' PINAI Fund. The utility-scale solar farms are located on the island of Negros and carry a total capacity of 80 MWp—in La Carlota (Phase 1 and 2), and in Manapla (Phase 3). AC Energy has an economic stake of 2 percent in IslaSol. It supplies approximately 200,000 homes with electricity generated from 302,136 solar modules and 77 inverters.
caption: The Bangui Wind Farm of NorthWind Power
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