Solar farm in the Philippines from CEPALCO

A look inside a solar farm in the Philippines, specifically in Cagayan de Oro, owned by CEPALCO and operated by MINERGY.
This solar power station launched in 2004 as the biggest in the Philippines, with an estimated peak output of around 1 megawatt or 1000 kW.
There are now larger solar power stations being operated by CEPALCO and other companies in the Philippines.
CEPALCO stands for Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, the equivalent in Manila would be MERALCO.
Inside the solar farm you'll find over 6000 polycrystalline panels which can produce enough power for up to 900 homes. You'll also notice some additional panels and a single-axis tracking system which is being tested by the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC).
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[@GadgetAddict]

If you want to support solar in the Philippines please like and comment on this video so KZbin shows it to more people. Renewable clean energy is the best future :)

[@raspberryfury8984]

by the way since you know a lot about solar, you might be able to help My PI dreams, he's looking for a solar for his house that still underconstruction :D

[@10OZDuster]

whats the cost per kilowatt/hour in CDO ?

[@SanthoshRamaraj]

The mosfet like part you were pointing would be schottky diode in a dual diode package to handle higher current around 40A to 80A.

[@GadgetAddict]

Oh good, now I know. that actually makes more sense too. Thanks!

[@fireandrevivalinmyheart6365]

Good solar farm..Godbless Cagayan de oro

[@ConceptWiseAsiaCWATV]

Loving your videos paps. Keep em coming. Though videography could use some improvement the videos are generally very good with you as host.

[@charleshoward9983]

Man that is alot of Solar Panels. Great video Thanks!

[@GadgetAddict]

I just need to build a house in the lot next door and throw a cable over haha

[@charleshoward9983]

Yea you would be set.LoL

[@teddturner]

Very good video, im interested how much it costs the residents every month with an average household usage

[@zubutv.]

Amazing video! Thank you!

[@bollardspeaker2611]

I have broke the like button after pressing hit to hard with all of my devices!

[@GadgetAddict]

Haha thank you :D

[@SCADASupportPh]

Let's support Renewable Energy for the future of PINOYS!

[@isaahfaustino247]

Cool. imagine if everyone in the ph use this instead of coal.

[@GadgetAddict]

Slowly but surely solar is becoming more popular :) You just have to be willing to wait for the return on investment.

[@icekrom6949]

where was this located?

[@topdog1128]

Hello, would you have any idea roughly how much it would cost to setup solar power in a residential unit?

[@GadgetAddict]

It depends whether it's grid-tie or off grid with batteries, the required power output, location, quality of panels. But it's a lot, it's an investment that will take 5-10 years to pay back for itself. It's worth doing, but it's not "cheap".

[@pinakapanget4560]

so why do you turn off the panels when the grid is down again? what kind of damage are you going to have?

[@GadgetAddict]

It's to ensure the safety of linesmen who are working to repair whatever is wrong with the grid. Pretty much every grid-tie inverter, even the household ones will stop working when the grid goes down. It's a shame they couldn't store the energy in a large battery bank for when the grid comes back up.

[@pinakapanget4560]

Gadget Addict i see. i thought it would damage the panels or inverters, ive been watching a bit about solar energy and a lot of things i see, i don't understand like if you have tree cover on one of the panels, meaning it will draw less and somehow that is not good? if they could somehow tie up with tesla with those sweet house battery packs for a larger scale that would be sweet but realistically its better to have something made locally

[@zosimonera8554]

first

[@GadgetAddict]

Don't forget to smash that like button if you enjoyed the video :D

[@luckienuckie]

one megawatt of pollution-free energy, awesome! i hope the government gives 100℅ tax breaks to residential gridtied systems as well

[@GadgetAddict]

It's pretty awesome right? I'd like to see Meralco and other power companies make it a bit easier for home users to install solar. Right now there's quite a lot of paperwork and processes involved. And there's also differing City/Barangay rules about the installation of panels and then depending on your area you might also be affected by home owners association rules.

[@gpadepedro]

tirador = slingshot

[@dumpdave]

4th

[@GadgetAddict]

Welcome to the party :)

[@oxius2912]

that my uncle

[@oxius2912]

Joke haha

[@COMMANDMENTSGALAXY]

GOOD DAY EVERYONE ! GREAT PROJECT ! Floating SOLAR FARMS, In RAINY AREAS, CAN Be, GIVEN, A Sustainable, "DOUBLE FUNCTION" . By, Implementing, A Freshwater COLLECTOR, Beneath, The SOLAR PANELS . CONNECTED, With, FRESHWATER TANKS . REGARDS,

[@bry120]

Pano kung makulimlim? - Pnoy

[@raymund6704]

the engineer is wearing lots of gold. solar saves money.

[@kymcainday6677]

I love the conversation...

[@ImustDestroy]

In the Kibawe, Bukidnon There so many Solar Panels

[@samuelnama]

Go Solar ! Show care and love to our Mother Earth...

[@ConceptWiseAsiaCWATV]

Elon should visit. :-)

[@jsaudio7428]

KV

[@KrissBartlett]

that was great thanks there building one in northern Cebu soon so it will be good there to do they have a webpage there ?

[@GadgetAddict]

i'll have to try stop by that one in cebu ;) CEPALCO have a website but it's pretty basic and doesn't have more than a couple of sentences about this solar farm. it's surprising, they have these renewable energy sources but no one knows about them!

[@boomsjboy]

Thank you sir 👏👏👏👏👏

[@reychop]

Sad that our government don't support more of this. The dependence on coal and oil is hard to really shake off.

[@hateme9693]

Nope. Our government actually producing solar farm right now.

[@jsaudio7428]

they put only one lightning arrester

[@GadgetAddict]

I saw many of them around the perimeter of their lot. Maybe they need to install some more. It can't be cheap having those inverters replaced/repaired.

[@raspberryfury8984]

i saw that you sent something to blindowl outdoors, that's very nice of you!

[@GadgetAddict]

I watch a lot of their content so I figured i'd send a little something :)

[@ANTITRINITARIAN]

Great video

[@hamohamo234]

Nice video!

[@sharkus3329]

nice

[@msc7932]

I been watching your videos now GA God bless you!

[@GadgetAddict]

Thanks for watching :D

[@iancast9583]

2nd

[@GadgetAddict]

That's Silver :)

[@iancast9583]

tnx bro.

[@iceI3urn]

What happen if there is a typhoon(Typhoon prone areas in the Philippines) are they gonna dismantle each of the panel and put it on safe place?

[@GadgetAddict]

They're mounted to some kind of concrete structure in the ground. Not only that, but they're quite low to the ground so the wind shouldn't be as strong. There shouldn't be any need to dismantle them.

[@iceI3urn]

Yeah but strong winds can move cars with the speed reaching 220km/h. I think i can easily be swipe away.

[@GadgetAddict]

Hmm okay. Well those panels have been there for many years so I guess they did a good job bolting them down ;) Maybe the perimeter walls also help.

[@iceI3urn]

CDO is not typhoon prone area in PH

[@edmhie1]

You just answer your question.

[@donaldprince6264]

People get ready to get on board the wave of the future!