Madrid-headquartered Bluefloat Energy announced plans for gigantic 7.6-gigawatt (7,600 megawatts) offshore wind power projects in the Philippines, the biggest in its portfolio, with a target to bring the initial development onto commercial operation by the turn of the decade. In a briefing with...
118 qualified firms eyeing to join 2nd RE auction By Myrna M. Velasco The Department of Energy (DOE) is set to hold its second Green Energy Auction (GEA-2) on June 19 which attracted a remarkable number of potential bidders. A total of 118 qualified companies have expressed interest in bidding for...
Amid relentless business disruptions and on the need for alchemists who will lead corporates into the complex terrain of technology advancements and revolutionizing workplaces, Shell Philippines has been proving its mettle as an organization that can vigorously navigate transformative changes to...
Tiu-led Repower Energy Development Corporation (REDC), a subsidiary of Pure Energy Holdings Corporation, has inked memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Austrian firm Gugler Water Turbines GMBH (“Gugler”) for targeted 320-megawatt seawater pumped storage hydro projects in the Philippines. REDC said...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has hiked its pipeline of renewable energy projects raising its capacity to 1,700 megawatts, surpassing the five-year development plan earlier cast by its power generation subsidiary Meralco PowerGen Global Business Power Corp. According to...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Friday, May 26 pushed for the use of home solar panel systems in the country. Lapid, who filed Senate Bill No. 2138 or the proposed Net-Metering Program for Renewable Energy (RE) options, said such moves can help address the current power crisis being...
Ampohaw Hydro in Sablan, Benguet is one of 22 run-of-river hydropower facilities by Hedcor. It is also the first automated plant, having undergone automation in 1997. Aboitiz Power Corporation’s (AboitizPower) subsidiary Hedcor Inc. (Hedcor) marks today, May 25, 2023, its 45th anniversary....
Ayala-led Globe has been ramping up its shift to renewable energy (RE) technologies with the latest addition of its Iloilo facility in its portfolio of green energy users. Following this switch on energy usage, the company indicated that 25 of its facility-sites are now powered by clean energy –...
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...
Clean energy solutions leader First Gen Corporation will continue its green technology investments to help the Philippine economy toward its decarbonization track in sync with the world in mitigating climate change risks. “Our role here is to sort of like help the Philippine economy achieve a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government is considering all technologies to ensure energy security and improve the energy mix for renewables. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool)* Marcos said this as he visited ACEN Corp.'s...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is enforcing the conduct of "port capacity assessment" as one of the major requirements that offshore wind (OSW) investors have to accomplish and submit to the government as part of their applications for project-permitting. That has been one of the key stipulations...
