Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) is eyeing to take a provocative step as the third company breaking into the regenerated coal plant development gamble, with the targeted revival of its 700-megawatt Saint Raphael power project in Batangas that will likely command an...
The exclusion of off-grid areas from the coal moratorium is being sought so the lingering woes of consumers over power service interruptions as well as exorbitant rates can be resolved, according to an industry player that has been providing electricity services to these sites. DMCI Holdings...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power generation investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), is seeking certification from the Department of Energy (DOE) as it is now inclined to rejoin the country’s ‘king coal club’ for its 1,200-megawatt Atimonan power plant project that...
While it is manifestly the major game in town for both local and foreign investors, Aboitiz Power Corporation is still seeing treacherous terrain when it comes to capital influx in the renewable energy (RE) sector. In his presentation at the Smart Forum 2024 convened by the European Chamber of...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has broadened partnership deals with two Singaporean firms for transition credits (TC) trading that could financially support the advanced retirement of its 246-megawatt South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation (SLTEC) coal-fired power plant in Batangas. The latest...
It isn’t a rosy year for Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC), as its first half income suffered 34 percent downswing to P12.6 billion from a record P19.2 billion within the same six-month stretch in 2023 – and that was mainly precipitated by the apparent weakening of coal...
It may seem like a regressive step but harsh realities of tight supply predicaments tormenting the country has been prompting the Department of Energy (DOE) to greenlight coal-fired power plant projects that are not covered by the coal moratorium issued in 2020. Following last week’s State of the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is anticipating capacity injection of additional 1,300 megawatts of coal capacities in the next few years before renewable energy (RE) could overtake that traditionally-dominant fossil fuel technology in the energy mix by 2028. Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina...
The coal moratorium enforced in 2020 which sculpted the entry of more renewable energy (RE) investments remains as a non-negotiable policy stance to former Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi if he will have his way, because that had drawn the line in the sand for the country’s greener future. In a...
As coal prices in the world market cooled, the net income of Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) dropped 28% to P6.5 billion within first quarter this 2024 from a relatively robust P9.0 billion earnings in the same three-month period last year. “Global coal indices declined due to weak...
It may be a bitter pill to swallow, but the power supply turmoil in the country could ignite resurgence of coal-fired power generation, according to one of the country’s top energy players. And while the allure of green technologies would be highly irresistible, the fragility of the country’s...
Leading player Aboitiz Power Corporation is scheduling the issuance of notice-to-proceed (NTP) for the construction of the next round of 1,000 megawatts (MW) of greenfield solar farm ventures that it is targeting to bring to commercial operations in the next two years. In a briefing with the media,...
