Citicore Energy REIT Corp. (CREIT), the real estate investment trust (REIT) of Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC), is targeting to expand its portfolio and expects its next asset infusion to be completed within this year. During the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting (ASM) on Monday, June...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing a $10-million technical assistance (TA) grant to jump-start its newly launched Pan-Asia Power Grid Initiative, a flagship regional program aimed at expanding cross-border electricity trade and accelerating renewable energy (RE) integration across Asia...
A congressman from a renewable energy (RE) hub in the Philippines has expressed high hopes for the House-passed KALINGA bill--a crisis response measure that stemmed from the fuel price crisis. Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte said that House Bill (HB) No. 9305, or the...
Levanta Renewables Pte Ltd. has secured project financing and issued a formal notice to begin construction on a major solar and battery storage facility in the Philippines. In a statement, Levante said the Singapore-backed developer finalized financial close for the Barotac solar power and battery...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is calling for an urgent increase in baseload power supply for Visayas, warning that the area’s leading status in renewable energy (RE) is insufficient to prevent persistent electricity shortages. While the Visayas grid boasts the highest share of clean energy in...
The Philippines is set to secure another $1-billion loan from the World Bank in June, this time for an energy project follow-through and coupled with a $20-million grant, making the package the largest single financing commitment extended to the country by the Washington-based multilateral lender....
In the capital-intensive world of infrastructure in the country, power companies are usually judged by a few hard numbers: megawatts generated, grid efficiency, and the bottom line. But Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGEN) is trying a different track. The generation arm of the Philippines’ largest...
Recent rotational brownouts in Luzon have highlighted the urgent need to modernize the country’s aging power grid, with state-run policy think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) warning that transmission bottlenecks and delayed infrastructure projects are increasingly...
House Committee on Nuclear Energy Chairman Pangasinan 2nd district Rep. Mark Cojuangco didn 't mince words as he gave his opinion about the Department of Energy 's (DOE) policy on renewable energy (RE). Speaking during the joint hearing of the Committees on Energy and on Legislative...
MGEN Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), the renewable energy (RE) arm of Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGEN), is expanding its investment horizon toward land-based wind projects while sustaining construction momentum on its multi-billion-peso Terra Solar venture in Central Luzon...
State-run Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC), which manages the country ’s first sovereign wealth fund (SWF), has signed a cooperation agreement with key government energy agencies to modernize and rehabilitate the aging power transmission system of Mindoro Island, with officials aiming to...
While Earth Day may have passed, Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC) continues to highlight a year of meaningful action across its business units—demonstrating how infrastructure can drive both environmental stewardship and inclusive progress. Guided by its purpose of building transformative...
