The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will mete out administrative penalties on transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) if it cannot provide justifiable explanation or grounds why it had been swamped with project delays. “The ERC required the NGCP to explain why it...
An Intergovernmental Energy Board (IEB) Circular has been jointly inked by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy (MENRE) to kickstart investments in coal, and petroleum exploration and development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said Wednesday that the Department of Energy is seeking to develop more domestic sources of power as alternatives to achieve energy security in the country. Although the existing renewable energy sources in the country like the wind farms in Ilocos Norte and solar...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be reviewing "siting standards" for planned nuclear power facilities in the country according to the new and stricter parameters set forth by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world’s center of cooperation on the nuclear field. “We’ll have...
The low turnout in the recently-concluded second Green Energy Auction (GEA-2) administered by the Department of Energy (DOE) was largely blamed to the unresolved concern of grid integration of the targeted renewable energy (RE) installations. This was affirmed by Energy Secretary Raphael P.M....
The second green energy auction (GEA-2) administered by the Department of Energy (DOE) logged a relatively low turnout with bidders subscribing 3,580.76 megawatts only or just roughly 30-percent of the 11,600MW total capacity offered to investors for delivery within 2024-2026 timeframe. Preliminary...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is in the process of crafting policy framework and guidelines on the integration of "green hydrogen" in the country’s energy mix, according to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla. “For emerging technologies, we are actively considering hydrogen and its derivates,...
Transition financing for nuclear tech in PH sought By MYRNA M. VELASCO For nuclear power developments to take off in the country, private sector players are batting for transition financing or loan guarantees on top of the other set of incentives and a firm policy and regulatory frameworks for the...
Listed firm Basic Energy Corporation is eyeing to develop a 155-megawatt onshore wind farm power facility that will straddle sites in San Joaquin and Miag-ao in Iloilo; and also at Hamtic in Antique. The company apprised the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that it just recently secured the approval...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) has noted that Western Visayas only has a 28 percent of renewable energy utilization rate since 2021. THE Regional Development Council (RDC)-6 holds an Investment Forum on Renewable Energy in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Based on the National Renewable...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla (left) and lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Facebook) Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has reiterated his call for a House probe on the power crisis in his province, which is being plagued by frequent...
Norwegian firms eye wind, solar power investments in PH By Myrna M. Velasco Norwegian companies are keenly setting their sights on offshore wind as well as floating solar farm developments in the Philippines, according to Norwegian Ambassador Christian Halaas Lyster. Apart from these flourishing...