JGC Philippines to Build AboitizPower’s 94MW Solar Project

by | Dec 15, 2021 | News and Events

JGC Philippines, Inc. (JGC) is selected as the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor of Aboitiz Power Corporation for its 94-megawatt peak solar project in Pangasinan province. Aboitiz announced the project award in its disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

AboitizPower, through a special-purpose vehicle wholly owned by subsidiary Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. (ARI), signed the EPC Contract with JGC on 15th of December 2021 confirming an investment of ₱4.5 billion to build its second solar power venture. JGC will start the engineering and design work in parallel with site investigation. Construction will begin soon after for JGC to deliver a functioning plant that is targeted to be commercially operational by the end of 2022.

AboitizPower further disclosed that, “The project will rise on a 196-hectare site in Cayanga, a quaint village in the municipality of Bugallon about 13 kilometers southwest of the province’s capital. Once completed, the power plant is expected to produce 147 million kWh of clean energy annually or enough to energize over 60,000 Filipino homes all year round. The majority of the facility’s capacity will be contracted for retail electricity supply, which can help bring cleaner and more sustainable energy to power consumers across the country.”

Both JGC and AboitizPower expressed their eagerness with this collaboration given their shared values and vision of helping create a more sustainable energy system for all. JGC is actively seeking opportunities to build more renewable energy projects to contribute to the country’s energy transition towards cleaner energy in line with the JGC Group’s 2040 goal of enhancing planetary health. AboitizPower on the other hand, aspires to grow its renewable energy portfolio in the next 10 years.

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Cadetship Training Program

The Cadetship Program is for new engineering graduates with no work experience. It is designed to build the technical and behavioral foundation for engineers’ professional careers. The training program aims to develop the technical skills and capabilities which will be needed in the real world of Engineering-Procurement-Construction or EPC business.

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JGC Philippines, Inc., a reputable Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) company, shall establish, control and maintain a secured business environment with its business partners.

For this purpose, JGC Philippines shall recognize the value of all information assets including those of customers, vendors and subcontractors and establish an Information Security Management System (ISMS) that conforms to the requirements of ISO 27001:2013. Based on this management system, JGC Philippines is committed to:

  1. Comply with all legal, corporate and other requirements pertinent to information security;
  2. Prevent unauthorized use, reproduction and destruction of all information assets including those related to customer, vendors and subcontractors and established documented procedures to secure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information;
  3. Protect the intellectual property rights of the company;
  4. Recognize, respect and protect the personal information of all employees entrusted to the company;
  5. Establish a contingency plan to ensure business continuity in the event of a natural disaster, act of terrorism, and computer attacks;
  6. Provide all employees with proper education and training to implement, maintain and improve the effectiveness of the ISMS; and
  7. Review regularly the effectiveness of the ISMS and subsequently aim for its continual improvement.

Environment

JGC Group is committed to contributing to the protection of the global environment based on the JGC Group's purpose of "Enhancing Planetary Health". Based on the above, we have established an environmental management system for project execution and set the following environmental policy.

  1. Set environmental goals, review them periodically, and strive to achieve them.
  2. Utilize our technologies to make proposals to customers related to the protection of the global environment.
  3. Comply with all laws and regulations related to environmental protection, as well as agreements with customers and other interested parties.
  4. Pursue continuous improvement of our environmental protection activities through the implementation of the environmental management system.
  5. Implement the following practices during the design, procurement, and construction phases of each project.
  • In our design work for projects, we shall take into consideration resource and energy conservation and work to prevent pollution of the air, soil, and water and limit greenhouse gas emissions using energy-efficient materials and equipment.
  • In procurement, we shall encourage vendors and other cooperating companies to adopt a positive attitude toward environmental protection, including the reduction of greenhouse gases.
  • In construction, commissioning, and maintenance work, we shall make every effort to reduce the impact of the environment by minimizing resource use and energy consumption, reducing and recycling waste, preventing air and water pollution, and minimizing the emission of greenhouse gases.

Quality

Under the "2040 Vision" plan, our long-term management vision established by JGC Group, we have positioned 2021 to 2025 as the "five years of challenge", and established a new medium-term business plan -- "Building a Sustainablle Planetary Infrastructure (BSP2025)".

JGC Corporation established its own-medium-term business plan based on BSP2025 and institute the following Quality Policy to implement challenges and transformation in accordance with the medium-term business plan.

  1. We shall provide the quality that fulfills all of the applicable requirements, by utilizing our wide-ranging technological expertise and project execution skills built up through years of experience and through the promotion of DX (Digital Transformation).
  2. We shall fully comply with the agreed requirements with our customers, and shall aim to establish ourselves as an organization that will prompt customers to view us as their first-choice partner when they are faced with new or advanced technical challenges in an ever-changing business environment.
  3. We shall pursue the realization of an evolving organization the promises continual improvement and gives rise to innovation and improvement, through combining a strong sense of individual responsibility and creativity, along with a will to go beyond barriers between departments and among individuals.
  4. We shall always be conscious of enhancing Planetary Health. In face of various social issues, we will become a company that is required by society by synchronizing businesses with solving such social issues.

Health and Safety

JGC Corporation's commitment to providing the highest quality products and services in accordance with the JGC Group's ""Purpose"" of Enhancing Planetary Health and the basic principles of its HSSE philosophy is evidenced by the establishment of our occupational health and safety management system for both construction work at our construction sites and for office activities at our offices as expressed in the tenets of our occupational health and safety policy described below:

  1. Establish occupational health and safety objectives and strive to achieve them. Those occupational health and safety objectives shall be reviewes periodically.
  2. Comply with all laws and regulations related to occupational health and safety, as well as agreements with interested parties, including customers.
  3. Identify the sources of risks related to occupational health and safety in advance and through thorough assessment work to prevent their occurrence.
  4. In setting and implementing objectives and plans related to occupational health and safety management, the opinions of employees and construction workers shall be considered together with their participation.
  5. Bring about continuous improvement of our occupational health and safety activities through the implementation of an occupational health and safety management system.