The Senate energy committee, led by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, will examine the country’s energy strategy to secure energy security and self-sufficiency amid changing global oil prices. Gatchalian filed Senate Resolution 916 which...
Developing the Sampaguita natural gas field as an energy source for the Philippines will need the support of both the government and China. This was the sentiment of House Senior Deputy Minority...
One diesel-fueled power plant and one renewable energy facility generating a total of 10 to 30 MW of electricity is set to be built in Lanao del Sur. The P 2 billion-worth...
President Rodrigo Duterte signed his first Petroleum Contract Service (PSC), allowing an Israeli firm to explore more than 400,000 hectares off the Palawan basin for oil and gas reserves. According to Energy...
The budget department slashed the funding for the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for 2019 by approving P 1.163 billion, 77 percent lower than the proposed budget of P 5.2 billion. As a...
Hitting its full-year target three months ahead of schedule, state-run agency National Electrification Administration (NEA) has awarded P1.8 billion worth of loans to power coops for rehabilitation efforts of damaged electric facilities....
A total of 700 MW or 80 percent of planned projects in Mindanao for the next two years will be from coal-fired power plants. The largest coal-fired power plant to enter Mindanao...
The Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental is opposing the construction of a 300 MW coal-fired plant by SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. in San Carlos City. In a position paper...
The Department of Energy (DOE) with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and local government units of Malay, Aklan signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the donation of 200 energy efficient electric tricycles...
After decades of neglect, the Philippines has put new focus on the exploration of geothermal power as an energy source. The government launched a string of new exploration surveys in June on...
