Solar energy is the fastest-growing power source in 2016 as it accounted almost two-thirds of the global net new capacity, a report said. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the rise...
A tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in North Cotabato was bombed by militants on Tuesday night. This caused a six-hour outage in Central Mindanao. Tower 106, along...
The Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) for Mindanao will be fully operational by the second quarter of 2018, a Department of Energy (DOE) official said. “Our target is by the second half...
ASEAN countries need to double up its power capacity within 20 years in order to meet its demand, a British energy research and consultancy group said. In a report, Wood Mackenzie said...
The Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) has expressed its willingness to become part of the government’s plan to develop an integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub, its top official said. “We indicated with...
An environmental group wants a just transition program as the country shifts to renewable energy amid climate change. The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) said in a report that they...
Philippines and Singapore are looking to deepen its bilateral agreement through various power projects. “We are looking at a lot of cooperation with Singapore, on waste to energy, solar, on top of...
What would happen if the cap of system loss was lowered? Senator Sherwin Gatchalian had the same question. Which is why he asked various electric cooperatives and private distribution utilities to look...
The planned initial public offering (IPO) of the SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., has been pushed back again following the conflict with the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp (PSALM) over...
Contrary to a column posted on a newspaper, none of the seven power supply agreements (PSAs) of the Meralco involved in an alleged midnight deals have been approved by the Energy Regulatory...
