Singapore's athein targets 2-GWp solar portfolio by 2030
- Singaporean independent power manufacturer (IPP) athein announced on Thursday it is currently creating over 500 MWp of utility-scale and also industrial and industrial (C&I) solar power projects throughout the Philippines with the goal of having 2 GWp in operation by 2030.
"We are currently creating numerous utility-scale projects, the most significant of which is 300 MWp, yet at the same time, we remain in the process of assessing over 13,000 hectares of land, ideal for solar energy plants," CCO as well as co-founder Edmund Yen stated in a statement on Thursday.
The company prefer to focus on creating micro-grids and also battery storage space systems as the existing grid infrastructure in the nation makes it difficult to connect large-scale projects, Yen described.
Incorporated in December, athein is a joint endeavor in between 4 Southeast Asian firms-- ATAD Steel Structure Corp, Hexagon Holdings, Inpos Ltd, and Invenic Inc. The IPP platform has actually set itself an objective of raising USD 1 billion (EUR 915m) over the following three years to fund its pipe of solar and also wind power in Australia, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam.