While all feasible contingency measures are being hammered out, the Department of Energy (DOE) cannot give full commitment that this year’s May 9 elections will not be spared from brownouts or power service interruptions. Nevertheless, Energy Senior Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella...
To ensure energy security and its sustainability, the Philippines is making headway in advancing the technology of energy storage to abate the intermittency of variable renewable energy (VRE) sources. Battery energy storage system (BESS) is now produced locally at a manufacturing facility in...
Romero-owned Fort Pilar Energy Inc. is out to challenge the dominance of the industry’s “big boys” as the company casts capacity buildup of up to 3,000 megawatts to become one of the major power sector players in the next five years. Belgrove Power photo Fort Pilar Energy Chief Executive...
The power investment unit of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is taking steps into cementing a pathway that will pare the carbon footprints of its projects and business operations. Alongside recent announcement that it will be dropping its previously blueprinted 1,500 megawatts...
SMC Global Power Holding Corp., the energy investment arm of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has partnered with Swedish-Swiss multinational firm ABB on its planned rollout of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in various sites in the country. In a statement to the...