Filipino boxing icon and politician Manny Pacquiao, is working with a Canadian inventor to solve a power crisis in his homeland.

Pacquiao aka The Pacman, is attempting to bring a new way of producing hydroelectric energy in his native Philippines with a rolling drum-like device called the Waterotor.

The Waterotor, created by Fred Ferguson, CEO of the Ottawa-based Waterotor Energy Technologies, is capable of harnessing energy from water currents moving at just one to six miles per hour and converting into electricity.

The Philippines, a 7,107-island archipelago in Southeast Asia has perennial power problems and blackouts because of transmission and distribution failures, the lack of domestic energy production and a challenging geography.

According to the World Bank, there are more than 15 million people in the Philippines without electricity.

Nothing has been finalized, but Ferguson and Pacquiao are reportedly considering a deal valued at $100 million in The Philippines

“I think it’s going to end up as a joint venture between [Ferguson] and us,” said Pacquiao’s advisor, Michael Koncz, according to the Ottawa Citizen.

“It’s a tremendous help, because there are still a lot of people, especially in [Pacquiao’s] region of Sarangani, that don’t have electricity. So this will be our pilot project to expand it throughout Asia.”

Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 knockouts) will return to the ring on Nov. 24 in Macau (Nov. 23 in the western hemisphere) in Macau, China, against rising junior welterweight Brandon Rios (31-1, 23 KOs).

Pacquiao has lost two straight fights by split-decision to WBO 147-pound belt to Tim Bradley in June, and, by sixth-round knockout to four-division titlewinner Juan Manuel Marquez last December.

Waterotor Energy Technologies Inc. (W.E.T.) developed Waterotor to produce continuous sustainable renewable electrical energy from slowly flowing water, states the company’s website.

High efficiency is obtained from water flowing at only a few miles per hour in rivers, estuaries, and oceans. With Waterotor’s unique capability, millions of waterways on a global scale that have heretofore been untapped are now available for energy extraction. Being highly adaptable, Waterotor can also be used in a host of industrial and commercial applications in developed regions, the company states.

The initial Waterotors are easily transportable, generating 20 kilowatts of electricity in a variety of flow conditions and locations resulting in broad and economical market applications. A Waterotor, total cost breakout, results in electricity produced for as low as 3 cents per kilowatt hour.

Pacquiao is coming off a split-decision loss to Palm Springs boxing sensation Timothy Bradley last June followed by a devastating knockout loss to Mexican counter-puncher Juan Manuel Marquez last December.

Despite the successive losses, Pacquiao has remained popular as millions of his fans around the world await his ring return after almost a year of inactivity.