AP Renewables Inc. (APRI), an Aboitiz Power Corporation subsidiary, sponsored a basic sewing skills and entrepreneurship training program in Sta. Elena, Sto. Tomas City, Batangas, made in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
APRI also donated 25 units of sewing machines and sewing start-up kits to help the beneficiaries in attaining a National Certification Level II in Dressmaking from TESDA and securing a livelihood. The local barangay pledged continuous support in marketing assistance and stakeholder engagement to ensure project sustainability. APRI is a geothermal energy producer, delivering clean and renewable baseload power with a facility in Tiwi, Albay and another within the areas of Bay and Calauan, Laguna and Sto. Tomas, Batangas. Pictured are the proud graduates of the training program, along with their teachers and representatives from the Aboitiz Group.
AboitizPower is the holding company for the Aboitiz Group’s investments in power generation, distribution, and retail electricity services. Guided by its grand-scale vision and higher purpose, the company actively contributes toward uplifting the lives of the Filipino people and achieving a better world.
The company is one of the largest power producers in the Philippines, with a balanced portfolio of assets located across the country. It is a major producer of renewable energy, with several hydroelectric, geothermal, and solar power generation facilities. It also has thermal power plants in its generation portfolio to support the country’s baseload and peak energy demands.
AboitizPower also owns distribution utilities that operate in high-growth areas in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, including the country’s second and third-largest private utilities.
In step with the country’s ambition of having a 35% share of renewable energy in the power generation mix by 2030, AboitizPower will continue to invest in renewable energy assets en route to reaching 4,600 MW. It already has close to 1,000 MW of disclosed projects from various indigenous energy sources and is constantly pursuing opportunities to grow its portfolio for solar, hydro, geothermal, wind, and energy storage systems.
To date, AboitizPower, together with its partners, offers the largest renewable energy portfolio in the Philippines based on installed capacity under its operational control