The National Transmission Corp (TransCo) has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to approve its feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) application of 22.91 centavos per kilowatt-hour (kWh) next year. If approved, consumers will face an...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has asked power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to cut down its system loss to five percent of electricity sales. “If we reduce it from 6.5 [percent] to 5...
The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP) is urging the government to put up a financing program for the country’s electric vehicle (EV) industry instead of discontinuing the Department of Energy’s...
President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his doubt on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, saying that it favors more industrialized nations. “[May] misgivings ako sa climate change [pact], even [former President Fidel]...
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated the country’s need for cheap energy source like coal-fired electric power plants in enticing more investors in creating businesses that would provide more jobs for Filipinos. ”Coal, it’s...
With 11, 500 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power projects still lined up, the Philippines’ coal dependence could increase to as much as 80 percent by 2030, global analytics firm IHS said. Think...
The Mindanao region is now at an electricity supply surplus level and is looking to sustain the development of power resources with renewable energy (RE) after 2020, a Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA)...
The expanded Batangas – Manila Natural Gas Pipeline project is the only energy project that can be found under the Public – Private Partnership (PPP) program, a top PPP official said. “For...
DMCI Power Corp. has invested a total of P3.5 billion worth of power projects in their missionary areas in the last six years. These investments since 2010 cover four small – scale...
Global Business Power Corp. is looking to expand its energy portfolio in Visayas by adding in hydro and biomass power plants with around 100 megawatts of capacity. The biomass plant will be...
