The Malampaya natural gas project is now delivering natural gas to power plants after completing its 20-day maintenance shutdown on Thursday. “We have been informed by Shell Philippines Exploration Corp. (SPEx) consortium...
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have signed a deal to accelerate the development of regional economic zones (ecozones) in the country. “The MOU (Memorandum of...
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a house bill that will abolish the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) following corruption allegations and the suicide of a director over alleged coercion to approve irregular contracts....
Declaring power projects as projects of national significance is critical in boosting the country’s energy supply beyond 2019 and in connecting the Visayas and Mindanao grids, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso...
The National Power Corp. has appointed a new leader for its Power Engineering Services, (PES) the corporation’s engineering arm which oversees power projects. In a statement, Napocor said it has appointed lawyer...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has canceled 75 mining contracts in its audit that are believed to be destructive to watersheds. “You kill watershed, you kill life,” DENR Secretary...
The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is set to reinvest its revenues in 20 projects targeted for implementation this 2017 to improve the country’s transmission network. Seven out of the...
The National Power Corp (Napocor) has inked a deal with the local government units (LGUs) of Palawan to fire up eight new Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) power plants that will provide...
President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said there is nothing he can do if Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez insists on the closure of mining operations in the country....
A Batangas-based 600-megawatt solar panel factory is set to begin operations and will generate around 1000 jobs, a Philippine-owned company said. The solar project, located in Santo Tomas, Batangas, is a factory...
