Beyond the volume that shall be allocated for its domestic requirements, the government of Indonesia has assured continuous coal supply that can be utilized by the power plants in the country, according to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla. “Our bilateral with Indonesia is making sure that...
Once the Philippines concretizes its gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm installations, the Department of Energy (DOE) casts the country’s grand ambition of exporting renewable energy (RE) capacity to Singapore and other neighbors in the Southeast Asian region. According to Energy Secretary Raphael...
Motorists using gasoline products will likely benefit from more than P2.00 per liter rollback at the pumps next week, but there’s a bit of bad news for diesel users because the price of that commodity will slightly go up, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry...
The percentage of household electrification rate or the number of houses with access to electricity has decreased across the country, officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) told senators on Friday, September 29. According to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, the number of households...
It will not be a mandatory policy – rather, it will be a voluntary retirement or re-purposing of coal-fired power plants that the Department of Energy (DOE) will be advocating for in the country’s multi-tiered ‘just energy transition’ paradigm. As presented by Energy Undersecretary Rowena...
Investors from the Middle East – primarily energy companies from Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia – are enthusiastically eyeing to funnel investments into offshore oil and gas exploration ventures in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), according to...
The targeted mandatory pie for power supply agreements (PSA) anchored on gas-fed power generating facilities will just be confined to gas volumes that will be extracted from the Malampaya field, according to a ranking Department of Energy (DOE) official. Energy Undersecretary Rowena L. Guevara...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is batting for comprehensive review of the taxes being levied on petroleum products as well as those for electricity generation – with the end goal of scrapping taxes that are being imposed on other taxes. Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla primarily indicated...
The government will be courting foreign and local private investors that will inject up to P500 billion worth of capital outlay for the planned Smart Green and Grid System (SGGS) or the parallel grid that will underpin massive investments in the country’s emerging offshore wind industry. In a...
Danish investors who are staking huge capital in the country’s renewable energy (RE) sector are batting for clear and transparent rules that shall be instituted by the Philippine government on foreshore and seabed lease arrangements, primarily for offshore wind (OSW) farm installations. In an...
Gas, pump fuel, oil price (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Whatever happened to the Department of Energy's (DOE) strategic petroleum reserve program (SPRP)? This was the question left on the mind of Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
With successive cost spikes already running on its 11th week, the consumers’ drive to the gasoline stations will mimic another episode akin to squeezing blood from stone as petroleum prices will incur hefty increases next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the...
