A modular on-site and solar-powered cold storage system from India could be the solution to the lingering post-harvest woes of farmers in the Philippines. (Photo by Naveed Ahmed / Unsplash) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Friday, June 25, bared that the agency has teamed up...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched the Philippines’ first solar-powered on-farm cold storage demo unit in collaboration with Filipino firm Next Agri Corporation Philippines and Indian firm Ecozen Solutions Private Ltd. On Friday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration...
The joint venture of AC Energy Corporation (ACEN) of the Ayala group and Citicore Power Inc., which is affiliated with the Megawide group, will be funneling P2.7 billion worth of investment for a solar farm facility that shall be developed at a site in Arayat-Mexico towns in Pampanga. According to...
Garcia-led Vivant Energy Corporation will be funneling fresh capital outlay of P5.0 billion for expansion projects to be concretized until 2023 and targeted both in the renewable energy space and on continued development of conventional power technologies. Emil Andre M. Garcia, executive vice...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation will be using ‘recyclable’ asphalt as well as solar panels and rain catchers at its planned 60 to 80 new retail stations that will serve as expansion ventures in beefing up its downstream oil business in the country. The pilot project of the company with...
Renewable energy developer Citicore Power Inc. (Citicore) has started an agro-solar initiative in its Tarlac facility, a move that aims to promote food production within the company’s solar farms. In a recent plant tour and harvest festival sponsored by Citicore at its Tarlac 2 solar farm, the...
Blueleaf Energy, which is a portfolio firm of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), has cemented a joint venture deal with Filipino firm SunAsia Energy for targeted 1,250 megawatts of solar installations in the Luzon grid. In a statement to the media, SunAsia noted that its partnership with...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. had set up a P100-million solar power farm inside its La Mesa Compound in Quezon City, a move that the company considers its first step toward green energy. The 1-megawatt PV (photovoltaic) solar power farm was built to augment the power supply...
The local government unit (LGU) of Pasig City inaugurated the 100 kilowatt on-grid solar power system at the Pasig Sports Center at the City Hall on Monday (May 31). (Mayor Vico Sotto / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Vico Sotto said the city government spent P6.6 million for the solar power system. “Sa...
Listed firm SPC Power Corporation is pacing its investment shift into renewables, with targeted solar and hydro projects, as well the deployment of battery energy storage systems. According to SPC Chairman Alfredo L. Henares, the company “has been looking seriously at projects in the solar and...
Public company Aboitiz Power Corporation is expanding its investment in the solar farm development space with its greenfield 74-megawatt project in Bugallon, Pangasinan. The company disclosed that it already secured approval for the project and is moving into the development stage. The construction...
Citicore Power Inc., which is affiliated with the Megawide group, will be supplying 20 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity to Shell Energy Philippines Inc., which is licensed as a retail electricity supplier (RES) under the retail competition and open access (RCOA) regime of the power...
