On September 15, 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the inauguration of Citicore Solar Batangas 1, the Philippines' first baseload solar power plant, in Tuy, Batangas Province. Developed by CREC, the project features 197MWp of solar capacity paired with a 125MW/320MWh battery energy storage system, making it the country's first solar plant capable of 24-hour uninterrupted power supply and its first agrivoltaic and large-scale storage demonstration project.

The project supplies approximately 914 GWh of clean electricity annually, powering 158,000 households and reducing CO2 emissions by 265,000 tonnes per year. Awarded in the Philippines' second Green Energy Auction in 2023 with a 20-year power purchase agreement, it is a key pillar in the government's goal of achieving 50% renewable energy by 2040.

As the core supplier of 69kV transmission line steel poles, Milky way steel pole leveraged its deep technical expertise and extensive overseas delivery experience to provide the complete range of steel pole products. Engineered for the Philippines' tropical maritime climate with high-strength steel and hot-dip galvanizing, each pole was custom-designed with full-process quality control and delivered on schedule, underpinning the plant's power evacuation corridor.

This successful commissioning marks another milestone for Milky way steel pole in Belt and Road clean energy projects, following the 765kV substation in Mansehra, Pakistan, and further strengthens the company's brand influence in the Southeast Asian transmission steel structure market.

To date, our products have been exported to more than 100 countries and regions as listed below:

Africa: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mauritania, Gambia, GuineaBissau, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Seychelles.

Asia: Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, TimorLeste, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Türkiye.

America: Canada, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Oceania: Australia, New Zealand.

Europe: Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus.