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MGen secures deals for major solar, hydrogen power projects

Published Oct 24, 2025 12:42 pm  |  Updated Oct 24, 2025 01:19 pm
In photo (from left, seated): Daichi Nakajima (EVP, Mitsubishi Power); Yu Tat Ming (CEO, PacificLight Power); Koichi Watanabe (CEO and MD, Jurong Engineering Limited) during the EPC contract signing in Singapore.
In photo (from left, seated): Daichi Nakajima (EVP, Mitsubishi Power); Yu Tat Ming (CEO, PacificLight Power); Koichi Watanabe (CEO and MD, Jurong Engineering Limited) during the EPC contract signing in Singapore.
Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), the generation arm of Manila Electric Co., is accelerating its low-carbon expansion, securing an engineering contract for its biggest solar farm in the country while advancing a hydrogen-ready gas power project in Singapore.
In a statement on Friday, Oct. 24, MGen’s domestic unit, Terra Solar Philippines, Inc., disclosed it had secured key Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts for the South Block of its flagship 3,500-megawatt peak (MWp) solar and 4,500-megawatt hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) facility.
The contracts cover the development of a 1,050 MWp solar farm and a complementary 1.2 gigawatt-hour (GWh) BESS, with the consortium led by GEDI Construction Development Corp., China Energy International Group Co., Ltd., and China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd.
Construction on the project, which will be the world’s largest integrated solar and storage facility, broke ground in November 2024.
The project also received regulatory approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to build point-to-point transmission facilities. The new lines will connect the power generated by the solar farm via a bus-in connection along the Nagsaag-San Jose 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line, linking it directly to the power grid.
Meanwhile, MGen’s Singaporean subsidiary, PacificLight Power Pte. Ltd. (PLP), partnered with a consortium of Mitsubishi Power and Jurong Engineering Limited (JEL) to develop a 670 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) project on Jurong Island.
The facility is designed for decarbonization, integrating Mitsubishi Power’s M701JAC gas turbine with hydrogen co-firing capability.
The plant is engineered to initially operate on 30 percent hydrogen and possesses the capacity to transition to 100% hydrogen fuel in the future. Targeted for commercial operations in 2029, the facility is expected to supply clean and reliable energy to over 965,000 Singaporean households.
The plant also marks a domestic first, being the premier CCGT unit in Singapore integrated with a large-scale BESS for dynamic energy management and grid balancing.
PLP Chief Executive Officer Yu Tat Ming stated the investment “future-proof[s] our infrastructure to meet future energy demands.”
“By investing in large-scale energy storage and hydrogen-ready technology, we are future-proofing our infrastructure to meet future energy demands. We are proud to partner with Mitsubishi Power and Jurong Engineering in advancing Singapore’s sustainable future for generations to come,” Yu said.
PLP currently operates an 830 MW CCGT facility and a 100 MW fast start plant, both on Jurong Island.

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