Filipino, Chinese Firms Launch Wind and Solar Power Plants

Filipino and Chinese companies announced $43 million wind and solar power plants that will be built in the northern Philippines. Energy Logics Philippines Inc and Qingdao Hengshun Zhongsheng Group Co, will build a 132-megawatt plant in Burgos and a 100-megawatt facility in Pasuquin, both in Ilocos Norte. “It is the biggest project that a China enterprise has to date that combines both wind and solar energy,” said An Chee Sin, senior consultant of Qingdao Hengshun Zhongsheng. The projects are expected to be finished in 18 months.