The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing to tap technical assistance from either the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for targeted new survey on ‘social acceptance’ for nuclear power as an option in the Philippine...
LONDON, England – There are only 5-6 sites that are currently viable to host nuclear power projects based on initial assessments done by various relevant government agencies, according to Energy Undersecretary Sharon S. Garin. She noted in an interview here that of the 11 sites previously...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Calling the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) "useless", ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is proposing to give the agency a budget of just P1 for the year 2024. "Napaka-useless nitong BPI na ito, ‘wag na bigyan ng...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to re-calibrate the country’s power mix by opting to retire coal-fired power facilities at the scale of 5,000 megawatts in the medium term. According to Michael Sinocruz, director of the DOE’s Energy Policy and Planning Bureau, that has been one of the...
What comes to your mind when the word protein is mentioned? Meat and muscles, right? High protein equates to consuming meat, or so we all thought. Did you know that plant food also contains protein? Arguably, plant protein sources may not be considered of high biologic value protein compared to...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Who says that the House of Representatives is done with the onion price surge issue? House Speaker Martin Romualdez has summoned Bureau of Plant and industry (BPI) officials to report to his office so they...
The "gas aggregation" scheme being proposed by Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc. of the Razon group, will help soften electricity rates for consumers because the scheme will lessen the risk of gas plant-developers in their fuel procurements. This is according to ENEX Energy Corporation Chairman...
Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. (ARI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, has cemented a joint venture deal with Singapore-headquartered Vena Energy (Vena Energy) for the planned 102-megawatt wind farm installation that will straddle Rizal and Laguna sites. In a statement to the media on Thursday,...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is in talks with at least two American nuclear power companies for a "collaborative approach" on this technology as part of the long-term energy solution for the Philippines. Meralco Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan noted that these...
After terminating its 330-megawatt fixed priced power supply agreement (PSA) due to the recently rendered verdict of the Court of Appeals, a subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. has offered a replacement power supply deal to power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Meralco...
Revenue stream from its Dinginin coal-fired power plant had been the main driver of Aboitiz Power Corporation’s income surge to P17.8 billion in the first half, 79 percent jump from P10 billion in a comparative period last year. The income surge was largely boosted during the second quarter...
# DOE targets 8,000MW add'l capacity until 2028 By MYRNA M. VELASCO The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing roughly 8,000 megawatts of capacity addition to meet peak demand growth of up to 25,000MW (MW) until 2028 of the Marcos administration. The energy chief said the projected demand escalation...
