A new memorandum now requires coal-fired powered power plant developers to secure clearances from the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Office of Senator Loren Legarda. Previous heads at the Department of...
The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) and First Gen Energy Solutions Inc. (FGES) signed an agreement to provide Gaisano Capital with low carbon and environment-friendly energy projects. The firms signed a Power Purchase...
International climate experts have expressed concern on the President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that he will not honor the United Nations (UN) Paris Agreement on climate change. Rosa Perez of the Intergovernmental Panel...
The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) has proposed a lower feed-in-tariff (FIT) rates for solar and wind for P7.66 per kilowatt hour (kWh) and P6.97 per kWh, respectively. These will cover the...
The Ilocos Norte provincial board is looking into using renewable energy to solely power the province as support for its wind, solar, and hydro power investors. Board Member Mariano Marcos II, committee chair...
The Lucio Tan Group is looking into entering a partnership with Alternergy Philippines Holdings Corp. through a stake in an 80-megawatt (MW) wind farm project to expand their renewable energy portfolio. In a...
800 homes in Aborlan in the west coast of Palawan will now have electricity after solar home systems were distributed throughout its communities. The project, headed by Palawan 3rd district representatives Gil...
As the Philippines gears to develop more infrastructure under the Duterte administration, the Department of Energy (DOE) is expecting investments from the private sector to meet the rising demand for electricity and...
Bronzeoak Philippines is expecting a new 100-megawatt (MW) wind power project to rise in Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. Chairman Jose Ma. Zabaleta said the firm invested P13.5 billion for the project,...
The Philippines will need an addition 7, 200 megawatts (MW) of power in order to support the country’s growing economy until 2030, Energy Undersecretary Mylene Capongcol said yesterday. The Luzon grid will...
