Featured in Mountains to climb – 05-2026

The Philippines’ PV and storage mega-project

The MTerra solar project in the Philippines is set to become one of the world’s largest integrated solar-plus-storage facilities once fully completed. Ajay Mullangi, principal at global infrastructure investor Actis, which is developing the project alongside partners, updated pv magazine on progress since the groundbreaking in November 2024 and explains why the development is integral to the Philippines’ future energy security.

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Patrick Jowett

11 May 2026

Large open landscape covered by solar panels, sunset in the background.

The MTerra project achieved initial grid synchronization in February 2026, just 15 months after its groundbreaking. | Image: Terra Solar Philippines

The MTerra solar project is expected to deliver up to 3.5 GW of installed solar capacity when complete, backed by a 4.5 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS). Located in the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Bulacan on the Philippine island of Luzon, the Southeast Asian project is set to be one of the world’s largest. …

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