Aboitiz Power Corp. said Tuesday retail electricity supply company Advent Energy Inc. bagged contracts to supply two Visayas-based customers with renewable power under the Department of Energy’s Green Energy Option Program.
Car parts builder NKC Manufacturing Philippines Corp.’s factories in Lapu-Lapu City and sugar producer Victorias Milling Company Inc. will now run on Cleanergy, Aboitiz Power’s renewable energy solutions brand.
Aboitiz Power supplies communities and businesses with power derived from run-of-river, large hydro, solar and geothermal.
GEOP empowers consumers by allowing them to source renewable energy from a licensed supplier.
The program also promotes renewable energy use, thereby increasing the share of clean energy in the country’s generation mix.
NKC president Norihiko Matsuda said using reliable and responsibly-sourced energy is essential in their business operations.
“While we help build vehicles, we want to do our part in creating a safer world where families can enjoy the products we put to life. We are confident that having AboitizPower as a supplier paves the way for NKC to go full speed with this direction,” Matsuda said.
VMC said the choice to shift to renewable energy to run their bioethanol plant is a way to help the company achieve its sustainability goals.
They hope to impact the broader ecological system by using energy-saving technology and minimizing energy consumption, carbon emissions and pollution.
“As a sustainable enterprise, our company undertakes environmentally responsible practices within our business and promotes these across our supply chain and surrounding environment,” VMC president Minnie Chua said.
Aboitiz Power senior vice president for commercial operations Sandro Aboitiz welcomed the market’s positive response toward the government’s GEOP program as it drives the company to continue its momentum in reaching a 50:50 balance in its generation portfolio.
“We support the GEOP initiative of the DOE as it gives customers the freedom to choose renewable energy in meeting their energy requirements and their own energy supplier,” Aboitiz said.
“More importantly, it allows end-users to play an active part in reducing environmental impact and safeguarding the future of generations to come,” he said.
