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In order to save money on electricity and help the environment, it is being explored to retrofit solar panels onto at least six government buildings in the province of Ilocos Norte.

The provincial government intends to begin with the roofing of the Capitol Building, the Dap-ayan Commercial Building, the Governor Roque B. Ablan Sr. provincial hospital, and the district hospitals in the towns of Bangui, Dingras, and Marcos with assistance from PNOCRC.

According to Pedro Lite Jr., executive vice president, and chief operating officer of the PNOCRC, “the Ilocos Norte government will need around PHP45 million to implement the solar project with a capacity of 470 kilowatts at its peak of operation” following an energy audit conducted in various local government units here.

As the power generated would be routed to the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative, the solar power project is anticipated to cut the cost of electricity in the province by 40%.

On March 15, Representative Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos of Ilocos Norte’s first district submitted House Bill 7625, also known as the “Solar Energy in National Government Offices Act.”

The law requires that, for the first year following the bill’s enactment, solar energy systems be installed to initially serve at least 10% of the electric power requirements of government agencies in their individual buildings or offices.

The measure stated, “Provided, that solar energy utilization shall increase annually for five years, at which time established solar systems are expected to be able to supply 50% of the power requirements of government agencies.”

The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative reported that despite the presence of solar and wind energy farms in the province, local households still rely heavily on coal-fired power plants for their energy needs because renewable energy sources such as solar, hydro, wind, and geothermal only produce about 20% of the nation’s power supply.

To increase the country’s share of renewable energy, the Nuevo Solar Energy Corp. opened an 83.3-megawatt solar farm at Barangay Paguludan-Salindeg in Currimao town last month.

As other independent power providers are exploring growing in this area, other solar energy projects are also in the works.

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