US firm pushes RE-gas investment By MYRNA M. VELASCO Kansas-headquartered global engineering firm Black & Veatch is recommending renewable energy (RE) and gas-fired power combo investments to ensure the success of "energy transition journey" and as a pathway to net zero emissions being advanced by...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a site visit to the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power facility this week to re-validate its targeted return to commercial operation this May 26, as earlier communicated to the government by South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation will be joining the fresh round of bidding that power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be undertake to fill the capacity void on its additional 2024 supply following the retreat of its targeted supplier. First Gen President and COO Francis Giles B....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged the public to contribute, in any way they can, in the conservation of energy and water amid the looming power and water supply crisis in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (BBM Vlog Screenshot)) Marcos talked about the impacts...
Sixteen (16) transmission projects of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) that were considered Energy Projects of National Significance (EPNS) were delayed and only six of them have reached completion, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Sunday, May 21. Gatchalian said...
Senator Rafael “Raffy” Tulfo is now seeking a Senate investigation into the operations of the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (NORDECO) amid the power outages that hit the Island Garden City of Samal. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, said there is basis to prove...
The coffers of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) will be shored up by as much as $526 million by the end of this year, with the anticipated payment of Fresh River Lakes Corporation on its acquisition of the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydroelectric power plant...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said that government should give weight to the P300 billion worth of investments it had injected into the country’s power transmission network in reaction to the In reaction to the Malacanang pronouncement that the government may take back...
ILOILO CITY – A power plant in northern Iloilo province is set to construct a solar farm. THE coal-fired power plant of Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC) in Concepcion town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC), the operator of a 135-megawatt (135-MW) coal-fired...
As data center project-proponents have been firming up their investment plans in the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it will match up their electricity needs with the investors putting up renewable energy (RE) facilities in the country. “A number of investors presented...
Senator Grace Poe said power firms granted with a franchise and permits carry the colossal task of providing reliable electricity at all times. “Reliability is a big commitment in the provision of public service. Kailangan ay maaasahan ka ng mga tao sa lahat ng oras (People rely on you all the...
The Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC) is set to tackle the current energy crisis plaguing the country and the various proposals seeking to revoke the franchise of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), Sen. Rafael "Raffy" Tulfo said on Wednesday, May 17. Tulfo made the...
