Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has secured government approval to ramp up its energy storage venture as a technology coupling to its 720-megawatt(ac) New England solar farm venture in Australia. In a statement to the media, ACEN Australia said that state-government of New South Wales (NSW) gave a...
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...
As the brothers, Cold Storage President Marco Qua and Vice President Morris Qua cut the ribbon to the relaunch of their Banawe store location. There was an unmistakable wave of nostalgia that wafted through the premises, freezer displays, and vitrine cases. For it was some 35 years ago that their...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is proposing amendments to the Grid Code to ensure the country’s power system can efficiently absorb gigawatt-scale but variable renewable energy (RE) capacities. In a presentation to the media, NGCP Vice President and Head of...
US-headquartered Fluence Energy, Inc. has completed the 570-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) project for leading Philippine energy player SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMCGP) of the San Miguel group. The company emphasized that the project’s completion milestone coincided with the...
Rising summer temperatures and threats of power service interruptions amid surging electric bills could really trigger disappointments among us as we yearn for a “more hopeful story” that can rescue us from these predicaments. On March 31 this year, a bit of that “hope” came to light with...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos believes that the Philippines no longer needs large-scale energy projects such as the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant with the birth of battery farms. Marcos made the statement as he graced the inauguration of Global Power’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)...
House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman and Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga confirmed on Tuesday afternoon, March 28 that the panel has lifted the contempt order on two cold storage company officials. The duo, Michael Ang and George Ong, director and general manager,...
Several cold storage facilities would be put up in various fishing ports in the country to address spoilage of catch which leads to the decline in fishery production, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. Aside from his directive to [build fish ports in 11 coastal...
Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto made a strong pitch Monday, March 13 for government to prioritize the construction of additional cold storage facilities that farmers could use to prolong the shelf life of their produce. For context, Recto, a deputy speaker, cited the government's willingness...
Three people--including two officials of a cold storage facility--were cited in contempt Tuesday, March 7 by the House Committee on Agriculture and Food during the panel's ongoing inquiry on the agricultural hoarding issue. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Screenshot from Zoom) This, after...
Photo by Kindel Media from Pexels Fruits and vegetables are perishable agricultural products. Agricultural products should be immediately transported to the nearest market to ensure freshness and prevent unwanted food waste. According to the United Nations, about 40 percent of food produced in...
