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Manila Bulletin devider Environment and Sustainability devider Energy storage provides flexibility, stability amid energy transition - AboitizPower

Energy storage provides flexibility, stability amid energy transition - AboitizPower

By MBrand
Published Oct 29, 2025 10:09 am
AboitizPower Transition Business Group Vice President for Energy Storage Systems Juris Sadornas (2nd from left) and SN AboitizPower Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer Jason Soberano (leftmost), together with other panelists, share their insights on energy storage in the Philippines during the second Philippine Future Energy and Grid Summit.
AboitizPower Transition Business Group Vice President for Energy Storage Systems Juris Sadornas (2nd from left) and SN AboitizPower Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer Jason Soberano (leftmost), together with other panelists, share their insights on energy storage in the Philippines during the second Philippine Future Energy and Grid Summit.
Energy storage enables a more stable and sustainable energy system, an executive from the Transition Business Group of Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) said, emphasizing how the flexibility it provides is important to strengthening the Philippine grid and accelerating the country's energy transition.
"It's all about flexibility," said Vice President for Energy Storage Systems Juris Sadornas during a panel discussion at the second Philippine Future Energy and Grid Summit. “We've seen in the past certain countries where they focus on a certain technology, but the industry moves so fast."
He explained that energy storage systems — which capture and store surplus electricity for later strategic use — are crucial in addressing intermittency and improving grid reliability, especially as more variable renewable energy capacities like solar and wind are integrated into the power ecosystem.
"Energy storage systems make renewable energy dispatchable and dependable," he said. "It's really about how fast and agile our technical teams can mobilize and design so that we can put out these batteries on the ground."
"For each of the countries, not only those with less advanced infrastructure, but also in China, the grid cannot consume all of the renewable energy," added Jinko ESS Solution Head Charles Teng in the same panel. "So energy storage installations in the next couple of years absolutely are going to be a big trend for renewable energy to continue to grow."
For the Philippines, an archipelagic nation with fragmented grid systems and ambitious renewable energy goals, it is projected to require over 466 GWh of energy storage by 2040 and 1,021 GWh by 2050, as per the Philippine Energy Plan 2023–2050.
"If you look at our neighbors, it's like watching the future. We gain confidence in how it's going to be used and how we should structure and build our energy storage. So I believe we're on track," Sardonas said.
Through energy storage systems and other innovation-driven initiatives such as smart power plants, AboitizPower is building an asset portfolio that supports the integration of renewable energy capacities, while helping ensure stable power for the Philippines.
"AboitizPower has recognized early on that this is not just about batteries. That's why my team is called ESS, not BESS," Sadornas explained. "We see this as a dynamic space where we listen to technology, to our partners, and to communities, working together to build a resilient energy future."

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