Taytay, Freshwater Plant
- Rural freshwater supply and solar-powered water pumping & distribution facility
- System Size: 54.00 kWp
- Completion: 18-Jan-2018
Project Summary
Access to clean drinking water is something most Filipinos in cities and town areas take for granted. For one remote barangay in the mountains of Palawan and an island community connected by an undersea pipeline, it simply did not exist.
The Taytay Provincial Government commissioned this project as a pilot: a 54.00kWp solar-powered water pumping and distribution system drawing fresh water from a nearby lake and delivering it through a gravity-fed network to communities that had never had a reliable potable water supply. There was no grid connection. No fuel supply chain. Solar was not the preferred option; it was the only viable one.
Solaren specified Danfoss VACON drive technology paired with SolarWorld Germany bifacial glass/glass modules, sized around a 45.90kW peak load. The system generates 79,650kWh annually and has operated without interruption since January 2018, now eight years of continuous community service.
The numbers tell one story. The reality on the ground tells another. This remains one of the most meaningful projects in Solaren’s portfolio, demonstrating that industrial-scale solar power systems can deliver essential infrastructure in locations where no other energy source is practical.
System Performance
- System Size: 54.00 kWp
- Annual Generation: 79,650 kWh
- Day Peak Load: 45.90 kW
- Payback/ROI: 5.0 years
Financial Impact
- Daily Savings: ₱2,434
- Monthly Savings: ₱73,013
- Annual Savings: ₱876,150
- Lifetime Savings: ₱22,580,273
Technology Partners
- Inverters: Danfoss VACON
- Modules: SolarWorld Germany Bifacial Glass/Glass
- Monitoring and Control: Danfoss DrivePro platform
Sustainability Impact
- TREES Planted Lifetime: 2,628
- CO₂ Lifetime: 1,115 tons
- Houses Powered Annually: 33











