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BongV · 7 months ago

Hi Nick:

Read your post on Filipinovoices.com

When are you returning to the Philippines?

I wanted to ask you about the prospects for solar energy and home energy in the Philippines - sourcing of solar cells, possibility of manufacturing solar cells in the philippines, etc.
Nick Nichols · 7 months ago

BongV: I'm not extremely close to the solar activities here. Here's a link to an older Businessweek article on solar manufacturing in Philippines. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/o...

Since the Philippines has a significant (or had, before the economic crisis) electronic fabrication industry, there are support facilities for manufacturing solar cells, I would think.

I presume SunPower is still manufacturing here - they made a significant investment and had an initial capacity of about 25 MW per year, I believe.

Aid agencies continue to fund significant amounts of rural roof top systems in poor, off-grid areas. There is at least one (probably more) private operators selling rooftop systems to upscale homes.