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This is a powerful achievement.
“With the successful installation and operation of the 4.1-megawatt (MW) solar farm under the wind turbines of the 150-MW wind farm in Burgos town, Ilocos Norte is now the first site of the world’s combined solar and wind farm,” reports Manila Bulletin.
The report noted: “Director Mario Marasigan of the Philippines’ Renewable Energy Management Bureau under the Department of Energy (DOE) disclosed that around the world, it is only in Burgos that solar panels built under wind turbines to simultaneously generate power can be found.”
The report added that “the construction by the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) on the combined solar farm and wind farm in one setting was done in order to sustain its year-round generation of power.”
The 4.1MW solar farms, as the report indicated, “are expected to augment the power generation by the EDC during the low-wind season from April to September.”
The report further explained that “during low-wind season, it is expected that the generation of the 150.MW Burgos Wind Farm (BWF) will slow down.” Meanwhile, “the maximum power generation of the wind farms is seen in the high-wind season from October to March.”
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