In love, they call it the seven-year itch, but the Philippine coal moratorium barely made it to a five-year streak before jumping back into the arms of its toxic ex: King Coal! Missing the ‘dirty play’ that much, huh? It looks like we can’t quit this coal addiction, even as the planet begs...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is still undecided if it will grant the application for certification that will greenlight the planned 1,200-megawatt Atimonan coal-fired power project of Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power investment arm of utility giant Manila Electric Company. When...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) is eyeing to take a provocative step as the third company breaking into the regenerated coal plant development gamble, with the targeted revival of its 700-megawatt Saint Raphael power project in Batangas that will likely command an...
The exclusion of off-grid areas from the coal moratorium is being sought so the lingering woes of consumers over power service interruptions as well as exorbitant rates can be resolved, according to an industry player that has been providing electricity services to these sites. DMCI Holdings...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is anticipating capacity injection of additional 1,300 megawatts of coal capacities in the next few years before renewable energy (RE) could overtake that traditionally-dominant fossil fuel technology in the energy mix by 2028. Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina...
The coal moratorium enforced in 2020 which sculpted the entry of more renewable energy (RE) investments remains as a non-negotiable policy stance to former Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi if he will have his way, because that had drawn the line in the sand for the country’s greener future. In a...
It may be a bitter pill to swallow, but the power supply turmoil in the country could ignite resurgence of coal-fired power generation, according to one of the country’s top energy players. And while the allure of green technologies would be highly irresistible, the fragility of the country’s...
The coal moratorium policy will be sustained under the Marcos administration, Energy Secretary Raphael Perpetuo Lotilla declared. “The moratorium on the building of new coal-fired power plants has been set and you know I don’t believe in completely changing policies and therefore changing mixed...
