ACEN plans to replace SLTEC with $1.5B solar farm
ACEN [ACEN 4.00, up 0.5%; 131% avgVol] [link] confirmed a report that it plans to replace the 246 MW coal-fired power plant owned by South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. (SLTEC) with a solar farm and energy storage system, and that the estimated cost of that new project is approximately $1.5 billion. ACEN said that it plans to retire SLTEC by 2030, and that it plans to begin construction of the replacement solar facility in 2027 or 2028. The solar facility will have a capacity of 1,400 MW in peak conditions, and the energy storage system will have a storage capacity of 1,600 megawatt-hours.