Myrna M. Velasco

Energy efficiency’s’ hidden power’

November 17, 2024 10:06 pm

Every kilowatt saved cuts costly power capacity additions and puts money back into consumers’ pockets – that’s the “hidden power” of energy efficiency.

Driving innovation: Shell’s smooth ride on the lubricants’ growth lane

November 17, 2024 10:05 pm

When the going gets rough … the rough will need lubricants - because nothing ruins the ride like grinding gears and brake-screeching agony!"

The lubricants business is often overshadowed by its more popular cousins diesel and gasoline – but in reality, it is a very essential commodity that keeps the wheels of industry smoothly gliding and churning  – be it from the roaring engines of Formula 1 race cars wherein a split second could entail victory or defeat; mammoth manufacturing facilities and power plants to the heavy-duty equipment and tools used in construction or mining – all that while also underpinning key industries like pharmaceuticals.
 

COP29 showdown: Climate vs. greed

November 10, 2024 9:08 pm

The stage is set for a new round of debates and negotiations on tackling the climate crisis – and the promise of host country Azerbaijan is for the process not succumbing to a fault-finding frenzy.

BNPP’s resurrection

November 03, 2024 10:10 pm

Even atoms deserve a second chance! The jury is still out on whether breathing a new life into the dormant 620-megawatt Bataan nuclear power plant (BNPP) will unfold as a bold step in advancing the country’s energy security goal– or if it would end up as risky revival of the past.

Dimalanta reinstated to ERC chairmanship post

October 31, 2024 4:09 am

The six-month suspension of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta had been cut short, and she is now poised to be back at the helm of the power industry’s regulatory body.