Olongapo, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) visited the 221 megawatt-peak Olongapo Solar Power Plant of Aboitiz Renewables, Inc., the renewable energy arm of Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), in a demonstration of the government's support for the company's expanding renewable energy portfolio and its supportive role in harnessing indigenous clean sources amid tight conditions in energy supply.

The visit also signaled the energy department's active backing of private sector efforts to scale clean energy nationwide.

"The Olongapo Solar Power Project is among the 22 renewable energy projects the DOE is fast-tracking as national priorities as part of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s clear instruction to accelerate the country's energy transition," said Energy Secretary Sharon S. Garin. "The Filipino people deserve an energy system that is cleaner, more reliable, and more responsive to their needs, and we intend to deliver it."

"Fuel markets remain volatile, shaped by geopolitics, including conflicts far from our shores. Countries that depend heavily on imported energy absorb those shocks first and most sharply,” she further explained. “We are building our way out of that exposure by generating more from our own land, our own sun, and our own people."

The Olongapo Solar Power Plant, energized in December 2025, is one of the latest additions to Aboitiz Renewables' growing portfolio.

During the visit, Secretary Garin was welcomed by AboitizPower President and CEO Danel Aboitiz and Aboitiz Renewables President Jimmy Villaroman, who briefed the department's representatives on the company's portfolio and project pipeline spanning solar, geothermal, wind, and energy storage.

The exchange reinforced a working alignment between the DOE and Aboitiz Renewables that scaling reliable, affordable, and clean energy is not just a business imperative, but a national one as well.

"We value the opportunity to have open and productive discussions with DOE — not only on the opportunities ahead, but also on the challenges we must collectively address to attain the country's energy transition aspirations," Villaroman said.

That shared direction is backed by tangible progress as Aboitiz Renewables has grown its attributable dependable capacity to 2.3 gigawatts today from around 900 MW in 2020 — an expansion that has been undertaken in step with the national government’s policy direction and energy planning efforts.

Last February, a consortium led by Aboitiz Renewables assumed operations of the 789 MW Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan Hydroelectric Power Plant Complex, further strengthening the company's ability to deliver indigenous clean power to the national grid.

With more projects under construction and development, Aboitiz Renewables continues to advance its renewable energy agenda in pursuit of the country's long-term aspiration of having a 35% and 50% share of renewable energy in its power generation mix by 2030 and 2040, respectively.

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