Ayala-Backed AC Energy Green Lights គម្រោង Solar Farm ខ្នាតធំទីពីរនៅប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលី

ថាមពលអេស៊ី—a unit of billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayala’s ក្រុមហ៊ុនអាយឡាឡាខប។—is jump-starting the construction of its second large-scale solar farm in Australia, accelerating the expansion of its renewable energy foot print across Asia Pacific.

With A$800 million ($551 million) in funding commitment from Ayala Corp., AC Energy Australia said Tuesday it has awarded the contract for the construction of the 520-megawatt direct current solar farm in Stubbo, a farming community about 230 kilometers north of Sydney, to Canada’s PCL Construction.

Expected to be completed in 2025, the Stubbo solar project is a critical part of AC Energy’s goal of reaching its renewable energy target of 20 gigawatts by 2030, Sech Zabaleta, chief development officer of AC Energy said in a សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍.

The Stubbo solar farm—which includes provisions for 200 megawatt battery energy storage—can produce enough electricity to power 185,000 average Australian homes. The Philippine-based company is set to complete the construction of the 720-megawatt solar farm in the New England town of Uralia, about 530 kilometers north of Sydney, this year.

AC Energy is currently developing renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of 18 gigawatts across Asia Pacific. Apart from Australia and the Philippines, it also has clean energy projects in India and Vietnam.

The company is controlled by Ayala Corp., which traces its roots to 1834 when the Philippines was a colony of Spain. The country’s oldest conglomerate started as a distillery in Manila and then expanded into banking, hotels, real estate and telecommunications.

Jaime Zobel de Ayala អាយុ 88 ឆ្នាំត្រូវបានជាប់ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ជាអ្នកមានបំផុតទីប្រាំបីរបស់ប្រទេសដែលមានទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិសុទ្ធចំនួន $ 2.55 ពាន់លានដុល្លារនៅពេលដែលបញ្ជីនៃ ហ្វីលីពីន៖ មហាសេដ្ឋីទាំង ៥០ was published in August. The older Ayala retired in 2006, and his eldest son Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, who had been the CEO of Ayala Corp. since 1994, succeeded him as chairman.