Telecommunications company Globe has started shifting more than 3,000 cell sites and low-energy facilities in Metro Manila and Region IV-A to renewable energy, with completion targeted by 2028.
The company adopted the Energy Regulatory Commission’s Retail Aggregation Program (RAP), which allows businesses to combine energy demand across multiple sites to directly source renewable power from licensed suppliers. Globe said this move expands on its earlier use of the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) and Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA), which it pioneered in 2019.
“With RAP, we are able to address the urgent need to reduce emissions at scale,” said Yoly Crisanto, chief sustainability and corporate communications officer of Globe. “By expanding our sourcing of renewable energy to thousands of additional sites, we are taking deliberate steps toward our Net Zero goals and proving that clean energy is not only viable but necessary across all operational levels.”
The transition is expected to supply about 80 million kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity each year and avoid an estimated 5.5 million kilograms of carbon emissions annually. Globe already uses renewable energy in 33 high-demand facilities, 22 of which are backed by power purchase deals with ACEN RES.
“By enabling the shift of over 3,000 sites to renewable energy, we are not only accelerating Globe’s Scope 2 emissions reduction, but also advancing our collective net zero ambition as a group,” said Irene Maranan, ACEN’s senior vice president and head of communications and sustainability.
The initiative supports the Department of Energy’s target of raising renewable energy’s share in the country’s energy mix to 35% by 2030 and 50% by 2040. Globe aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions across operations by up to 42% by 2030 and 90% by 2050, based on 2021 levels.
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