The Philippines has unveiled plans for the next four green energy auctions, one of which will focus on rooftop solar and solar-plus-storage in select parts of the country. Another upcoming auction will focus on solar on canals, agrisolar and solar on poles over fish ponds.
The Philippines’ Department of Energy plans to auction an additional 25 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2035 under its flagship Green Energy Auction (GEA) program.
The announcement, made at the Renewable Energy Investment Forum 2026 on February 13, also revealed plans for the next four GEAs, scheduled for launch in 2026 and 2027.
The Philippine GEA is a competitive bidding program aimed at private investors. The most recently completed round was GEA-4, which approved 10.2 GW of renewable energy sources in solar, wind and storage projects in November, including 4.1 GW of ground-mounted and 2.2 GW of floating solar. GEA-5, which focuses specifically on offshore wind, was opened the same month.
Marissa P. Cerezo, director of the department’s Renewable Management Bureau, said GEA-6 will be launched in the first quarter of this year and will specifically focus on floating solar and wind technologies. While an installation target has yet to be set, Cerezo said it will also include the unsubscribed capacity left over from GEA-4.
Also launching this year, GEA-7 will focus on rooftop solar in the Visayas archipelago and Mindanao Island, as well as solar-plus-storage systems in Mindanao, in partnership with the Mindanao Development Authority.
A target supply commencement period (TDCP) plan shared by the department targets 55 MW of rooftop solar in Visayas and 30 MW of rooftop solar in Mindanao by 2028, as well as 3.2 GW of solar plus storage in Visayas, Mindanao and Luzon.
The GEA-8 round will focus on more specialized solar energy technologies, including canal solar, agrisolar and pole-mounted solar over fish ponds. This auction, scheduled for later this year or 2027, will be developed in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and the National Irrigation Administration.
Cerezo also announced GEA-9, which is expected to launch in 2027 and will focus on solar, biomass, geothermal, hydropower and onshore wind energy. While installation capacity for the upcoming auctions has yet to be released, the TDCP shared during the conference the target of establishing an additional 910 MW of floating solar capacity by 2035.
The Philippines has set a target of reaching a 35% share of renewables in its energy generation mix by 2030, rising to 50% by 2040 and more than half by 2050.
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