Wellness in Science & Technology: Wafer slicing plant which will be capable of producing 400 megawatts worth of solar wafers per year

PIA daily news in English, Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Waray, Pangalatok from around the Philippines: "The First Philippine Electric Corporation (First Philec) is putting up a wafer slicing plant which will be capable of producing 400 megawatts worth of solar wafers per year in partnership with Korean company, Nexolon Corporation.

First Philec is also a partner of the Congressional Commission on Science Technology and Engineering (COMSTE) in developing renewable energy systems, such as the country's first solar testing facility located in the First Philippine Industrial Park in Tanuan, Batangas.

Senator Edgardo Angara, also the COMSTE chair said that this is solid proof that government and industry collaboration can work successfully, and that continued investments through Public Private Partnerships (PPP's) can spur the growth of innovation especially in science and technology."