The ambitious solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) of former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is finally coming to fruition, with Mindanao’s first set of SPIS now up for commissioning. Piñol, who is now the chairperson of Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), said the first local...
Global Business Power Corporation (GBP) of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan’s conglomerate, will be building a 115-megawatt peak (MWp) solar power facility in Rizal that it targets to bring on commercial stream next year. The power project to be sited in the town of Baras, according to the...
Filipino firm Citicore Power Inc. has finished the installation of solar rooftops that will provide the electricity needs of at least eight (8) buildings in the domain of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), an economic zone north of Manila. The completed portion of the project has...
Solar project developers are batting for 3 to 5-year moratorium on land conversion requirement stating the 6-8 month permitting period is a major ‘choke point’ causing delays on their project rollouts. In a recently concluded Asian Solar Summit, Salvador Antonio Castro Jr., president and CEO of...
Solar Philippines is eyeing to develop a 500-megawatt solar project, which it is lining up to help solve the country’s power supply shortages. The proposed project will be under corporate vehicle Solar Philippines Nueva Ecija Corporation, but there is no definite timeframe given yet on its...
A modular on-site and solar-powered cold storage system from India could be the solution to the lingering post-harvest woes of farmers in the Philippines. (Photo by Naveed Ahmed / Unsplash) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Friday, June 25, bared that the agency has teamed up...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched the Philippines’ first solar-powered on-farm cold storage demo unit in collaboration with Filipino firm Next Agri Corporation Philippines and Indian firm Ecozen Solutions Private Ltd. On Friday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration...
The joint venture of AC Energy Corporation (ACEN) of the Ayala group and Citicore Power Inc., which is affiliated with the Megawide group, will be funneling P2.7 billion worth of investment for a solar farm facility that shall be developed at a site in Arayat-Mexico towns in Pampanga. According to...
Garcia-led Vivant Energy Corporation will be funneling fresh capital outlay of P5.0 billion for expansion projects to be concretized until 2023 and targeted both in the renewable energy space and on continued development of conventional power technologies. Emil Andre M. Garcia, executive vice...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation will be using ‘recyclable’ asphalt as well as solar panels and rain catchers at its planned 60 to 80 new retail stations that will serve as expansion ventures in beefing up its downstream oil business in the country. The pilot project of the company with...
Renewable energy developer Citicore Power Inc. (Citicore) has started an agro-solar initiative in its Tarlac facility, a move that aims to promote food production within the company’s solar farms. In a recent plant tour and harvest festival sponsored by Citicore at its Tarlac 2 solar farm, the...
Blueleaf Energy, which is a portfolio firm of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), has cemented a joint venture deal with Filipino firm SunAsia Energy for targeted 1,250 megawatts of solar installations in the Luzon grid. In a statement to the media, SunAsia noted that its partnership with...
