"The fact that we are now supplying the mounting systems for the largest greenfield plant in the Philippines is another important success in customer acquisition for the Schletter Group," said Florian Roos, Head of Schletter Asia. The Schletter Group established its own distribution company in the Philippines in June of this year.
"Our branches in the key countries of Southeast Asia and the proximity to our production site in Shanghai enable us to meet the growing demand for PV systems in Southeast Asia," Roos added.
The solar power plant is being built on behalf of a local EPC company. It is the Schletter Group’s first project in the Philippines. The main challenge for this solar park is enormous wind loads, from June to November the island of Luzon is regularly plagued by strong typhoons with wind speeds of up to 260 km/h.
In order to withstand such wind loads, the particularly corrosion-resistant two-column system Schletter FS AS Duo will be used for this plant. In combination with load-optimized Z-purlins, this creates a very stable substructure, which can be installed quickly. Additional corrosion protection is provided by a coating with a newly developed aluminum-magnesium-zinc alloy (SMAC Coating). Since the mounting systems are largely prefabricated, they can be assembled quickly, which increases economic efficiency. Construction is scheduled to begin as early as this month.
