• Kansai Electric Power agreed to subscribe for a 14% equity stake in PMJVCo, owner of the 600 MW Wawa pumped storage hydropower project.
• Investment gives Kansai an indirect 12.18% interest in project company Olympia Violago Water and Power.
• Post-transaction ownership: Prime Infra 57.62%, First Gen 28.38%, Kansai 14%.
• Project in Rizal province targets up to 6,000 MWh of daily storage; commercial operations scheduled to start in 2030.
• Deal marks Kansai’s first pumped storage investment outside Japan; overseas attributable generation capacity rises to about 2,500 MW.

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