BEIJING, China -- China's top state-owned energy companies have been ordered to ensure there are adequate fuel supplies for the approaching winter at all costs, a report said Friday, as the country battles a power crisis that threatens to hit growth in the world's number two economy. An energy...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has raised alarm over the possibility that the government is entering into a midnight deal to extend the service contract of the Malampaya project with the gas field operator Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) by finalizing the transfer of its participating...
Listed firm Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. further expanded its market share to 8.3 percent in the first half this year from a leaner 7.1 percent last year, securing its stature as the third biggest player in the deregulated downstream oil industry in the country. Phoenix Petroleum Logo Citing...
At least eight power generation companies (GenCos) have been formally tagged by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for penalties for breaching allowable forced outages in their electric generating facilities, that in turn triggered rotational blackouts and rate spikes last summer. ERC Logo In...
The pandemic has significantly slowed down the domestic e-vehicle (EVs) industry in 2020, with EV registration dropping 35 percent versus pre-pandemic level, according to the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP). eVAP logo At the virtual 9 th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit...
The country will soon reduce its dependence on imported oil and other petroleum products as the Department of Energy (DOE) sought to establish the Philippine Strategic Petroleum Reserve Program (PSRP). AFP/File photo/MANILA BULLETIN DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi, in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 22,...
Integrated energy company Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) was recognized at the ASEAN Energy Awards for the accelerated rehabilitation of its South Panian coal mine. To be specific, SMPC was declared as the winner in the award’s Special Submission category for the company’s...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged the Senate to pass the resolution calling on the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to immediately suspend construction activities in the Kaliwa Dam project following reports of multiple irregularities and violations of procedural...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is upbeat there is still hope that the country can achieve total electrification of all households by 2022. This was after the Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1928 or the proposed Microgrid Systems Act on Monday, September 13. The bill...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, Sept. 14 called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and power companies to suspend any planned electricity rate increases until the Senate Committee on Energy is done with its investigation into the rotational power outages last May and June. Hontiveros...
As scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have raised ‘code red for humanity’ alarm on the planet’s global warming dilemma, international civil society groups have been nudging the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to align its “New Energy Policy” with the goals of...
Researchers are constantly looking at various materials as a source of renewable, sustainable, and clean energy. Recently, researchers from the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Machinery Sciences in China put the spotlight on hazelnut shells. Photo by Mockup Graphics from Unsplash Burning...
