DUBAI, UAE – Danish nuclear firm Seaborg Technologies is eyeing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Energy (DOE) on targeted deployment of its sea-based small modular reactor (SMR) technology in the Philippines. In an interview during a side event at the...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has penciled in up to P5.0 billion worth of capital outlay for the repurposing of its Energy Supply Base (ESB) port facility in Mabini, Batangas, so it could be lined up for the logistics needs as well as to underpin support services to the thriving...
Filipino-led firm Climargy, which is classified as a super energy service company or SUPER-ESCO in the energy efficiency investment terrain, is among the corporates globally that made its pledge for a ramp up on energy efficiency ventures and programs as part of the cornerstone agreements being...
It’s feeling a lot more like Christmas for consumers, and one of their early gifts will be big-time rollback at the pumps next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of diesel will have sizeable reduction of P1.65 to P2.05 per liter;...
DUBAI, UAE – The Philippine government will aggressively work on international certifications for the targeted 9.0 million “green jobs” in the country through planned upskilling and right-skilling of Filipino workers so they can be gainfully employed not just in the clean energy sector of the...
Liberty Solar Energy Corp. (LSEC), a subsidiary of the renewable power pioneer Alternergy Holdings Corp. (Alternergy) received an operating contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the Apulid Solar Project in Paniqui, Tarlac. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE),...
DUBAI, UAE – Ayala-controlled ACEN Corporation, which has been expanding its investment foothold across foreign markets, is batting for capacity auction that will primarily delve with integrated renewable and energy storage system (IRESS) as prospective replacement for capacities that shall be...
DUBAI, UAE -- The strategy of the Philippines in line with the COP28 Global Stocktake for energy transition will differ to a great extent, because it will be opting for coal plants’ phasedown, instead of the intensified call of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
“Energy security’ is a crescendo that has not come yet for the Philippines despite the years of restructuring and rumbling changes in the power industry – and it was also hardly a stuff for reasoned policy analysis through the years. That then places the country in a catchup mode - not just...
The attractiveness of the Philippines in terms of renewable energy (RE) investments had climbed notches higher, with the Bloomberg NEF Climate Report ranking it as one of the top five globally. The Philippines had clinched the fourth spot in the Bloomberg NEF report, next to the major markets of...
Consumers will have mixed emotions on their drive to the petroleum stations this week as the price of diesel will be on rollback; but for those filling up gasoline in their vehicles, they have to brace for marginal increase in their fuel purchases, based on the calculation of the oil companies....
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be seeking offers from power generation companies (GenCos) on its scheduled auction of 1,200-megawatt baseload power supply that will replace brownfield capacities currently drawn mainly from emergency power supply procurements. In a tender...
