While many other power plants fail to deliver during this year’s El Nino-stricken weather temperatures, solar plants have been thriving as ‘powerhouse solution’ in shielding consumers from the wrath of unwanted blackouts or power service interruptions. Rotational brownouts would typically...
Honda Philippines Inc. is taking serious steps on its decarbonization journey, and it just concretized this goal with the commercial kick-off of its 1.056-megawatt solar rooftop facility that will partly provide for its electricity requirements. The solar rooftop was installed by solutions provider...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna -- Aboitiz Power Corp. subsidiary AP Renewables Inc. was named by the province of Laguna as one of its top taxpayers. APRI bagged the award after it was nominated by its host municipalities. APRI was feted by the province of Laguna for being one of its top taxpayers...
Vivant Corporation reported that its subsidiary Vivant Energy Corporation and Vena Energy have welcomed AboitizPower (AP), through its subsidiary Aboitiz Renewables Inc. (ARI), into a partnership that will develop, construct and operate a 200-megawatt (MW) wind power plant in Samar. In a disclosure...
Aboitiz Power Corporation, via its subsidiary Aboitiz Renewables Inc. (ARI), is lining up the construction of two solar power projects that will add up 383.7-megawatt aggregate capacity to its renewable energy (RE) portfolio. The projects taking off from the company’s drawing board will be the...
# 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...
It doesn’t take a scientist to know that we are living in challenging times brought forth by the change in our climate patterns and depleting finite resources. This is the reason why the terms “sustainability,” “renewables,” “circular economy” have gained prominence not only among...
ESBJERG, Denmark – The re-purposing of the country’s major ports will be very crucial for a successful larges-scale offshore wind farm projects in the country, according to Energy Secretary Raphael P. M. Lotilla. In a visit of the Philippine delegation to the facilities of the Blue Water...
As the Malampaya gas field is inching closer to its run-out phase and the country transitions into renewables, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has cited the critical role that the liquefied natural (LNG) investment deal of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation and Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd., will bring in...
While the government is pushing for massive-scale green technology installations in the power industry, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that the main segment that will trigger radical spike in the country’s carbon emissions will be the transport sector. As stated in the updated...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued rules that will tighten performance and reliability standards for variable renewable energy (VRE) facilities, primarily for wind and solar farm installations. In a resolution issued by the regulatory body, it specified that the rules “shall apply...
Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) and Philippine National Oil Company Renewables Corporation (PNOC RC) are eyeing potential partnerships in renewable energy (RE). This move should help PFDA, an attached agency to the Department of Agriculture (DA), conserve energy within the fish...
