SOLARIS Wins Gold and Silver at the Asian Power Awards 2025

The Asian Power Awards celebrate companies that have introduced game-changing solutions to meet the world's growing energy demands while addressing the climate crisis. The jury evaluates projects not only on technical achievement but on the depth and breadth of their social and environmental impact.

The Gold Award for ESG Integration Excellence recognized SOLARIS for embedding environmental and social responsibility directly into the Pasinaya Homes brand, integrating solar energy into affordable housing in a way that creates measurable, sustained community benefit. The Silver Award for Sustainable Renewable Energy Initiative recognized the scale and social impact of the NING*NING pilot in Naic, Cavite.

Together, the two awards affirm that NING*NING is not simply a Filipino first. It is a globally recognized model for how clean energy and community development can be designed to serve each other.

NING*NING is the world's first grid-connected, utility-grade rooftop solar installation embedded within a socialized housing community. Developed by SOLARIS in partnership with Raemulan Lands, Inc, the pilot project was energized in 2024 at Pasinaya Homes Prime Central in Naic, Cavite, where solar panels are installed across the rooftops of 1,986 homes.

Each home in Pasinaya Homes is a Pasinaraw home, from pasinaya, meaning new beginning, and araw, meaning sun. Every rooftop feeds electricity directly to the national grid. The project generates enough clean power for thousands of households annually and offsets 6,233 metric tons of CO₂ emissions every year, without converting a single square meter of agricultural land.

A portion of the revenue from electricity sales is returned to the community through the Community Assurance Support program, funding roof maintenance, street lighting, waste management, shared solar facilities, and community development programs for the homeowners of Pasinaya Homes Prime Central.

SOLARIS President and CEO Jose Alfonso Miras described the vision behind the project simply and precisely:

"NING*NING shows that clean energy can do more than power homes. It can uplift communities, preserve farmland, and directly share its benefits with people."

The tagline that guided SOLARIS to Kuala Lumpur is the same one that has guided the Joy~Nostalg Group from the beginning: Solutions with Compassion.

NING*NING advances 13 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including poverty reduction, sustainable cities, and affordable clean energy. It was designed not to compete with agricultural land but to maximize existing rooftop space. It was built not to displace communities but to empower them. And it was recognized at the Asian Power Awards not despite its social dimensions but because of them.

This is what makes NING*NING different. And this is what the Asian Power Awards jury chose to honor.

The Asian Power Awards recognition arrives at a moment of significant momentum for SOLARIS. The company has already secured 35 MW of rooftop solar capacity across three new developments in Cavite, Bulacan, and Pampanga under the Department of Energy's Green Energy Auction Program. NING*NING is no longer a pilot. It is a platform.

Miras expressed the ambition clearly:

"With more socialized housing developments rising across the country, we believe the NING*NING model can serve more communities, in the Philippines, and potentially beyond. More than energy output, we see it as a template for aligning clean energy expansion with social and agricultural priorities."

For the Joy~Nostalg Group, these two awards are not the destination. They are confirmation that the direction is right. Home the Homeless. Power the Powerless. Love the Loveleast.

NING*NING is all three.