While the country prepares for any major changes in coal exports from Indonesia, its long-standing supplier, the long-awaited auction of the Semirara coal block will be pushed back to a later date. The Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed that it needs to fine-tune the terms of reference (TOR) for...
The Philippines is seeking emergency supply assurances from Jakarta as Indonesia overhauls its coal export framework, a structural shift that threatens to destabilize Southeast Asia’s most coal-dependent power grid. In an interview on Thursday, July 23, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the...
The Department of Energy plans to resume the competitive auction for the country’s largest coal reserve on Semirara Island before the end of July, following a regulatory pause to draft new guidelines for brownfield assets. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the government has temporarily put the...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining & Power Corp. has turned to the judiciary to shield its proprietary operations, asking a Makati court to block energy regulators from disclosing highly sensitive commercial data to potential rivals. In a petition filed against the Department of Energy (DOE), the...
Vintage-21 Coal Mining Corp. is advancing the pre-development phases of its ₱100 million coal project in Surigao del Sur, moving closer to extraction nearly four years after securing its government contract. In a notice filed with the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of...
Domestic lenders funneled record amounts of capital into coal-fired power infrastructure last year, exploiting a key policy loophole despite the state-mandated ban on new coal developments, according to a report by an energy think tank. Fourteen domestic commercial banks actively financed fossil...
Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power. Data released Wednesday by global energy think tank Ember, along with a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association and analytics firm...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is calling for an urgent increase in baseload power supply for Visayas, warning that the area’s leading status in renewable energy (RE) is insufficient to prevent persistent electricity shortages. While the Visayas grid boasts the highest share of clean energy in...
Are you afraid of the dark? Well, that depends on whether we are talking about horror movies or the national power supply! Just when Filipino consumers thought they could finally survive the summer’s rotational blackouts, the international energy market strolled in like a sequel villain,...
Aging and inefficient coal-fired power plants across the country may soon face voluntary retirement or repurposing as the government intensifies its shift toward renewable energy (RE). In a statement on Friday, May 8, the Department of Energy (DOE) said that it is conducting a rigorous assessment...
While insisting that the coal moratorium stays, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin indicated that the Department of Energy (DOE) is giving the country’s aging coal plants a not-so-gentle performance review—especially those that keep “calling in sick” through repeated forced outages that strain...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) saw a 12-percent drop in net income in the first quarter of 2026 as lower power output and reduced coal deliveries weighed on performance. In a statement on Thursday, April 30, SMPC disclosed net income of ₱3.8 billion for the January-to-March...
