CEBU CITY – A 150-megawatt solar power plant will soon rise in the northern tip of Cebu province. CEBU Gov. Gwen Garcia (center) leads the groundbreaking for the 150-megawatt solar power plant in Daanbantayan, Cebu. (Sugbo News) The power facility, which is set to be the biggest in Cebu, will be...
RIVERBANK , oil on canvas, 2025 The lingering warmth of a remembered sunset, the soft echo of waves on a distant shore, the endless green fields under a vast sky - these were the impressions left by Orley Ypon’s “ Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa” at Galerie Joaquin. The exhibit was a journey into...
Wyn Power Corp. announced that its 50-megawatt peak (MWp) solar power plant in Batangas is set to begin construction works. In a statement on Wednesday, March 5, Wyn Power said it broke ground on its ₱1.5-billion solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Brgy. Bukal, Taysan, Batangas, which spans across...
The much-anticipated fresh round of extensive feasibility study for the targeted revival of the 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) will be facing delays due to “compliance concerns” that the governments of the Philippines and South Korea have yet to accomplish. In an exclusive...
MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), the renewable energy unit of Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), has energized its 19.8-megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar power plant in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija. Inaugurated on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the plant is expected to supply power to at least 20,000...
Singapore-based renewable energy (RE) firm Gurin Energy has completed its first operational green project in Zambales province. In a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 19, Gurin Energy said the 75-megawatt (MW) Palauig solar plant has begun commercial operations under its subsidiary Shizen Inc. ...
Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) is selling a portion of its shares to PT Pertamina Power Indonesia (PNRE) to fund its renewable energy (RE) projects in the Philippines and Indonesia. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Friday, Jan. 31, CREC announced that Citicore Power...
ILOILO CITY – A deal has been inked for the construction of a solar power plant project in northern Iloilo province. Joy~Nostalg Solaris Inc. (Solaris) recently signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with China Energy Engineering Group Northeast No. 1 Electric...
After this week’s first Commission meeting under Officer-in-Charge Chairperson and CEO Jesse Hermogenes Andres, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has agreed to expedite approvals of the certificates of compliance (COCs) or the licenses needed by new power plants to start generating...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation will supply geothermal-generated electricity to global cement firm Holcim for the operation of its manufacturing plants in Mindanao. That green power supply draw will be a key component of the latter’s decarbonization journey. In the power supply agreement (PSA)...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is extending its investment interest to other nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMR) and conventional nuclear fleets – and that could include the planned repowering of the idled Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) if the...
The government is planning to update nuclear agreements with at least five countries in accordance with the nuclear renaissance pathway, as fleshed out in the newly crafted 2024-2050 Philippine Nuclear Energy Program. The updating of multilateral and bilateral nuclear covenants, according to...
