Even with 1,600 units already manufactured, the Energy Department (DOE) has decided to stop the roll-out of the electric tricycle project due to lack of interested buyers and expensive manufacturing costs. “The...
Bronzeoak Philippines Inc. will delay the completion of the first of its three biomass power plants in Negros after deciding to increase the capacity of the plants. “We are finishing our first...
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) have agreed to extend the deadline for the retail competition and open access (RCOA) scheme to next year, Feb. 26, 2017....
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has pledged to protect marine protected areas (MPA) surrounding its coal mines in Semirara Island. The company said it will support the local government of Caluya’s...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has ordered the redirection of the Agus-Pulangi hydroelectric power plant’s (HEPP) output to the poor areas and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locations in Mindanao. The Power Sector...
The Department of Energy has called on power and generation companies involved to determine the root cause of the power outage on that occurred in some parts of Metro Manila and nearby...
A 42 percent increase in its nine-month income ending September 2016 was recorded by First Gen Corp. following higher earnings from its renewable energy assets and liquidated damages from the construction delay...
Hi. If you are reading this and you were affected by last night’s unexpected power outage, it’s because of ‘sudden plant outages.’ On Tuesday night, some areas of Rizal, Bulacan, Laguna, Quezon...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. posted a 91 percent increase in net earnings during the nine-month period on the back of higher marketing margins, lower cost of sales and lower operating costs. In...
A Catholic Bishop has expressed his disappointment with President Rodrigo Duterte’s go-signal in the rehabilitation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). “If it is really from the President, we are saddened...
