The Department of Energy (DOE) has cornered at least six passing bids from one investor-group for the energization of unserved and underserved microgrid sites covering designated areas in Cebu, Quezon and Palawan. In an announcement to the media, the department emphasized that out of nine (9)...
Filipino consumers will have slight consolation on their pockets at the start of new year 2024, as the prices of kerosene and diesel products are anticipated to be on rollback next week, based on the calculation of the industry players. According to the oil firms, kerosene prices will have...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is aiming for timely approval of the Department of Energy (DOE) on the terms of reference (TOR) for its targeted competitive selection process (CSP) on planned capacity procurements, so it can spare its roughly 8.0 million customers from wobbly...
The anticipated scorching grip of El Niño may still alter power supply-demand projections, especially when temperature would exceptionally rise during the summer months, according to the Department of Energy. “Power supply projections may still change, even if we have adequate projection, due to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Energy Efficiency Excellence Award to the Iloilo provincial government. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. received the award on Tuesday, December 20, in Pasay City. THE provincial government of Iloilo is a recipient of the Energy Efficiency...
There is high probability that gasoline and diesel prices will not change next week, but consumers could expect rollback in kerosene prices by P0.45 to P0.85 per liter, according to the oil companies. Based on the industry players’ calculations, the cost movement for gasoline could either be a...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is counting on the capacity contribution of greenfield solar plants that are coming on commercial stream during the summer months, primarily to plug capacity gap arising from the de-rated generation of the hydro plants due to the incursion of El Niño spell. In a...
DUBAI, UAE – Danish nuclear firm Seaborg Technologies is eyeing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Energy (DOE) on targeted deployment of its sea-based small modular reactor (SMR) technology in the Philippines. In an interview during a side event at the...
It’s feeling a lot more like Christmas for consumers, and one of their early gifts will be big-time rollback at the pumps next week, based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of diesel will have sizeable reduction of P1.65 to P2.05 per liter;...
DUBAI, UAE – Ayala-controlled ACEN Corporation, which has been expanding its investment foothold across foreign markets, is batting for capacity auction that will primarily delve with integrated renewable and energy storage system (IRESS) as prospective replacement for capacities that shall be...
DUBAI, UAE -- The strategy of the Philippines in line with the COP28 Global Stocktake for energy transition will differ to a great extent, because it will be opting for coal plants’ phasedown, instead of the intensified call of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
“Energy security’ is a crescendo that has not come yet for the Philippines despite the years of restructuring and rumbling changes in the power industry – and it was also hardly a stuff for reasoned policy analysis through the years. That then places the country in a catchup mode - not just...
