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...
The European Union, through the Project Renewable Energy for Livelihood and Youth (RELY), has injected funding for the electrification of two (2) remote schools in Cebu with the deployment of solar technology. The beneficiary-schools have been the Carnaza Elementary School and Carnaza National High...
Listed firm Aboitiz Power Corporation will be shifting most of its power investments into the renewable energy (RE) development terrain in the next decade, with strategic focus on key markets in the Philippines and overseas, according to company president and chief executive officer Emmanuel V....
Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power generation investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be pursuing a rebranding of its 50-megawatt PowerSource First Bulacan Solar Inc. (PFBS) project that is due on commercial stream this year. “Our first solar project, this is the...
To help address the rise of online counterfeiting and piracy, e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee today, March 1, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with various global and local brand owners to fight the alarming increase in counterfeit and pirated products sold online. On the part of...
The solar power installations of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation sprang up as “the light of the end of the tunnel” that reversed the stream of darkness that had long afflicted some communities or a village (barangay) along the Batangas-Tabangao-Lobo stretch. Via the Save, Invest and...
Ayala-led AC Energy and Infrastructure Corporation (ACEIC) and its Hongkong-headquartered partner UPC Renewables have engaged three foreign banks for the loans they have secured for the 400-megawatt(ac) first phase of their solar farm installation in New South Wales, Australia. In a statement to...
The board of directors of Ayala-led AC Energy Corporation (ACEN) has greenlighted the joint venture deal that the conglomerate’s energy investment arm will be cementing with Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings Inc. (SP) of millennial-businessman Leandro L. Leviste. In a disclosure to the...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the acquisition by Scatec Solar ASA (Scatec Solar) of 100 percent of SN Power AS (SN Power) from the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund). SN Power has investments in hydro-power businesses in the Philippines...
Where the sun shines, his art follows Sunlight is vital for human survival. It nourishes our physical body for us to live longer and is one of the key factors in maintaining the natural balance in the Earth. But for Jordan Mang-osan , an indigenous artist from the Mountain Province, sunlight is...
