Cadiz Solar Power Plant

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Helios Solar Power Plant
Cadiz Solar Power Plant
Official nameHelios Solar Power Plant
Country Philippines
Location Cadiz, Negros Occidental
Coordinates 10°55′15″N123°17′47″E / 10.9207839°N 123.2963983°E / 10.9207839; 123.2963983
StatusOperational
Construction beganJuly 2015
Commission date March 3, 2016
Construction cost₱10 billion
Solar farm
Type Flat-panel PV
Power generation
Units operational0
Nameplate capacity 132.5 MW

The Helios Solar Power Plant is a 132.5 MW solar power plant in Cadiz, Negros Occidental, Philippines. [1] Upon its completion, the facility located in a 176-hectare (430-acre) land in Hacienda Paz, Barangay Tinampaan and is the largest solar power facility in Southeast Asia upon its commissioning. [2] It was considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia until it was beaten by Vietnam’s Dau Tieng plant in Tay Ninh Province and the Phu Yen solar plant respectively and the 7th largest in the world. [3] [4]

Construction

Construction of the plant began in July 2015 with 2,500 Negrense employed during the facility's construction. 500 were employed for the plant's operations. [5] The Cadiz plant was developed by Helios Solar Energy Corp., a joint venture between Thailand-based Soleq Solar Co. and Gregorio Araneta Inc. and was commissioned by Singapore-based Equis Funds Group. [6] [7] Construction cost of the plant amounts to ₱10 billion [8]

Originally the solar facility's unveiling was set on February 19, 2016 but this was delayed. President Benigno Aquino III was invited for the ceremony but declined citing a busy schedule won't allow Aquino to attend. [8] The facility commissioned as planned on March 3, 2016. [7]

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