SM North Edsa is now outfitted with a solar power system making it the world’s biggest solar-powered mall.
SM Prime, in partnership with Solar Philippines, built a 1.5-megawatt (1,500 kilowatt) solar rooftop at SM City North Edsa which will be used to power up a significant portion of the mall’s energy requirements. According to Inquirer, SM North Edsa’s parking building were installed with 5,760 solar panels and 60 inverters covering more than 12,000 square meters.
“SM Prime has always been committed to reduce greenhouse emissions and maximize energy efficiency in our malls. This is just one of many renewable projects we have been doing in our developments and we will continue with finding ways on how to make our operations more environmentally sound and sustainable,” said SM Prime president Hans T. Sy.
SM’s solar power system will be inaugurated on Monday, November 24, and is expected to run for more than 25 years.
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klky says:
sana manlang may birds eye view kau ng solar panels nila
nemo says:
Environment kuno nagtitipid lang cla para lalong malaki profit as if they’re not earning enough
Archie says:
Parang iTunes servers sa California. Madaming business ang gustong magsolar panel pero kakampi ng meralco ang dept. of energy. Sobrang taas ng registration fee at madaming requirements para madiscourage ang mga tao gayong free energy naman ang gagamitin. Pag nagpaquote ka ng 75000 na installation lolobo pa yun hanggang 100k dahil sa mga hinihingi ng doe. Sana may medyo mabait na pulitiko na ilalaban ang solar panel para sa mga ordinary people.
Anony Mouse says:
Yan ba sagot ng SM laban sa gustong mangyaring staggered mall hours dahil sa looming power shortage/crisis next summer? Baka naman sa CDR-King lang binili yung mga solar panels & controllers nila?
solar system says:
i’m pretty sure the solar system has been inaugurated eons ago.
boybato says:
This is a good news indeed. I just hope that the cost of solar cells will go down pa kasi medyo prohibitive pa ang prices niya for ordinary folks. Harnessing the power of nature is a good way in helping our country lessen its dependence on non-renewable resources.
jim de nooij says:
if they keep all doors closed, as much as possible, they will save at least the same amount of kilowatt’s, sometimes they do, but it seems too much trouble for the guards, after a few days they work wwith doors wide open, a disgrace
Ghosthunter says:
A mall the size of SM North Edsa requires at least 50 megawatts of power to operate it
So putting it into scale, what is 1.5 megawatts?
It would be like installing a solar panel on a jeepney and claim the jeepney is “solar powered”.
Ghosthunter says:
Solar, wind and other alternative power sources is just a drop in the proverbial bucket if we are talking about power generation for a city like Metro Manila. At best they can offset some peak load requirements but they will NOT replace base load power capacity which we are in short supply.
We desperately need more conventional power stations to generate more base load power because the power requirements of Metro Manila is growing every year in pace with it’s growing population.
Gareth says:
How about allocating some of their profits into improving their worker’s wages and giving them benefits? Hanggang ngayon puro contractual pa ba mga nandyan? Mga tsekwa talaga pera lang ang alam.
nemo says:
My point is the article doesn’t have to say they’re doing it for the environment which clearly they aren’t
Yuj says:
So you’re saying na hindi nakakatulong sa environment yung ginawa nila?
Kasi kung hindi talaga then wala talaga sila karapatan sabihin yun.
Pero kung meron naman then they have every right to say so. Pwede namang they’re doing it for the environment and for profit diba?
v says:
without energy storage, solar power can only help with daytime power usage.
What if we stop building (but keep all existing) fossil fuel plants and build only solar plants. What happens when the amount of electricity consumption grows due to pop and economic growth so that the post sunset electricity consumption eventually exceeds the capacity of the retained fossil fuel plants?
We can use wind but even the ilocos windmills have nights where the wind is slow
hewhomustnotbenamed says:
readers of this blog are always complaining. this is good news people. as if nmn may mga solar panels kyo sa bahay nio. nkakatawa rin ung mga nagcocomment as if they’re technical writers. napaka pretentious (GET A LIFE!)
hewhomustnotbenamed says:
Wow archie ok na sana e kso dinugtong mo pa to “Democracy ang internet” at eto “Ganun ang information world, makakabasa ka ng hindi agree sa opinyon mo”. so i guess wala ka ring dapat paki elam kung ano man gusto kong sabihin. BURN my friend, BURN…
StupidNemo says:
nkakatawa c nemo…. LMAO
jm says:
imba si nemo eh, maipilit lang ang gusto tlga kahit maling mali na ahaahahaa sabog
nemo says:
This is my last last last say. Just because you researched you’re info on some Wikipedia or Google or whereever doesn’t make your info true. It’s possible it could be propaganda. And it doesn’t make you intelligent. Jm j manure yes you. You’re like my in-laws you had to have your last say.