West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. had set up a P100-million solar power farm inside its La Mesa Compound in Quezon City, a move that the company considers its first step toward green energy. The 1-megawatt PV (photovoltaic) solar power farm was built to augment the power supply...
The local government unit (LGU) of Pasig City inaugurated the 100 kilowatt on-grid solar power system at the Pasig Sports Center at the City Hall on Monday (May 31). (Mayor Vico Sotto / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Vico Sotto said the city government spent P6.6 million for the solar power system. “Sa...
Listed firm SPC Power Corporation is pacing its investment shift into renewables, with targeted solar and hydro projects, as well the deployment of battery energy storage systems. According to SPC Chairman Alfredo L. Henares, the company “has been looking seriously at projects in the solar and...
Public company Aboitiz Power Corporation is expanding its investment in the solar farm development space with its greenfield 74-megawatt project in Bugallon, Pangasinan. The company disclosed that it already secured approval for the project and is moving into the development stage. The construction...
Citicore Power Inc., which is affiliated with the Megawide group, will be supplying 20 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity to Shell Energy Philippines Inc., which is licensed as a retail electricity supplier (RES) under the retail competition and open access (RCOA) regime of the power...
The 50-megawatt solar plant of Power Source First Bulacan Solar Inc. (FPBSI), a subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has kicked off its commercial operation boosting Meralco's energy supply for the summer months. The power facility, which has been rebranded as BulacanSol, is the first...
Norwegian companies that are interested to inject fresh capital into the country’s renewable energy (RE) sector have been batting for the easing of legal restraints on foreign ownership, primarily on solar and wind installations. In a virtual launch of the Report on RE Opportunities in the...
Expecting an increase in the demand for electricity in the coming months, Senator Grace Poe has reiterated the need to promote and adopt the use of rooftop solar technology in the Philippines. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) “Summer is usually the season...
The European Union, through the Project Renewable Energy for Livelihood and Youth (RELY), has injected funding for the electrification of two (2) remote schools in Cebu with the deployment of solar technology. The beneficiary-schools have been the Carnaza Elementary School and Carnaza National High...
Listed firm Aboitiz Power Corporation will be shifting most of its power investments into the renewable energy (RE) development terrain in the next decade, with strategic focus on key markets in the Philippines and overseas, according to company president and chief executive officer Emmanuel V....
Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power generation investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be pursuing a rebranding of its 50-megawatt PowerSource First Bulacan Solar Inc. (PFBS) project that is due on commercial stream this year. “Our first solar project, this is the...
To help address the rise of online counterfeiting and piracy, e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee today, March 1, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with various global and local brand owners to fight the alarming increase in counterfeit and pirated products sold online. On the part of...
