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...
The 50-megawatt solar plant of Power Source First Bulacan Solar Inc. (FPBSI), a subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has kicked off its commercial operation boosting Meralco's energy supply for the summer months. The power facility, which has been rebranded as BulacanSol, is the first...
Norwegian companies that are interested to inject fresh capital into the country’s renewable energy (RE) sector have been batting for the easing of legal restraints on foreign ownership, primarily on solar and wind installations. In a virtual launch of the Report on RE Opportunities in the...
Expecting an increase in the demand for electricity in the coming months, Senator Grace Poe has reiterated the need to promote and adopt the use of rooftop solar technology in the Philippines. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) “Summer is usually the season...
