Terra Solar Philippines, Inc., a unit of SP New Energy Corp. (SPNEC), announced that it had granted an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) deal with China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (Energy China) for the world’s largest contiguous solar and battery power plant in the...
BATANGAS CITY – Solar Philippines founder Leandro Legarda Leviste has provided a total of 150,000 relief packs to victims of severe tropical storm “Kristine” in 284 barangays in this province. LEVISTE (center) Aside from the relief packs coordinated through Leviste’s Lingkod Legarda Leviste...
The renewable energy arm of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said that its TerraSolar project, a joint venture with Terra Solar Philippines, Inc., is moving ahead faster than expected. In a briefing, Emmanuel Rubio, Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) president and chief executive...
Solar solutions provider Greenheat Corporation plans to expand its operations in the coming months by increasing its installed capacity from 40 to 50 megawatts (MW) to 100 MW. In a briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 22, Glenn Tong, Greenheat managing director, said this ambitious goal is part of the...
A total of 21 service contracts awarded by the Department of Energy (DOE) to Solar Philippines are in the process of termination. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada asks questions during the Finance Subcommittee E briefing held on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Estrada not only...
SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC), a subsidiary of the Meralco Group, is shelling out P8.93 billion for the acquisition of additional stake in Terra Solar Philippines Inc. and Terra Nueva Inc. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Oct. 10, SPNEC said its board of directors approved the subscription...
Project sponsor-firm MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), which is a subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen, has cemented a deal with affiliate Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR) for some construction components in the conglomerate’s $4.0 billion Terra Solar project. In a...
While not exactly turning its back on fossil fuel-based conventional technologies, Alcantara-led Alsons Power Group will be pursuing wider diversification on its power generation portfolio by focusing its next investment on utility scale solar farm installation that will have energy storage...
Danish firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is eyeing to diversify its capital formation for renewable energy (RE) projects in the country, with its investment sight now expanding into solar and energy storage systems. The Danish firm first entered the Philippine market last year with its...
BRAULIO DUJALI, Davao del Norte – The month of September is known as harvest season in most of the rice-producing towns across the country. FARMERS prepare to dry palay in the solar bubble dryer. (Keith Bacongco) But as farmers are delighted to see the results of their three-month hard...
Young billionaire and Solar Philippines Founder Leandro Leviste is investing over P15 billion to create jobs in Batangas and other provinces through his Provincia Investments Corporation (PIC). In an announcement posted on Solar Philippines’ Facebook page, Leviste said this new budget is in...
Following the Department of Energy’s (DOE) rejection of its force majeure plea, Pangilinan-led SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) is now looking for an alternative site for the development of the 280-megawatt Nueva Ecija solar farm project it won under the first round of the green energy auction...
