The use of renewable energy in Mindanao that will last for more than a decade, is being promoted by a local company in Cagayan de Oro City. Producing 2.508 megawatts of installed solar panels, that will give power to houses, communities, farms and offices.

Greenergy Solar's president and chief executive officer, Engr. Cerael Donggay said, that the sun is the limit, on the huge, still-untapped market for solar energy not just in Mindanao but in the country as a whole.

He also added that their company, "Greenergy Solar, whose slogan is 'Hire the Sun,' certainly come a long way in the industry.

Being an advocate for solar power, harnessing the power of the sun as a source of energy and recently, Greenergy Development Corporation, the parent company of Greenergy Solar, turns 13 years old in the business.

The company's installed capacity is now close to triple the installed capacity of the 1 MW on-grid photovoltaic solar power plant of the Cagayan Power and Electric Company (Cepalco) in Barangay Indahag back in 2004, and was then known as Southeast Asia's largest on-grid solar power farm.

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