Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will source part of its power supply from biogas over a 20-year period as part of its renewable energy (RE) integration. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 4, Meralco said it has secured a power supply agreement (PSA) with First Quezon Biogas Corp....
In the President’s recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), grand promises resonated loudly. Yet, even at this early stage, hints from his appointed officials within key agencies suggest these ambitious goals could quickly unravel, potentially leaving Filipino consumers more frustrated than...
Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) plans to expand its geothermal fleet by approximately 90 megawatts (MW) over the next five to six years following the recent inauguration of its 22-MW Tanawon geothermal plant. In an interview, EDC President and Chief Operating Officer Jerome Cainglet said a...
TeaM Energy recently donated medical equipment to hospitals in the province of Quezon. Gov. Angelina Helen Tan received the donation of vital newborn care equipment from Froilan Gregory H. Romualdez III, TeaM Energy Assistant Vice President for External Affairs, during a turnover ceremony at the...
Manuel V. Pangilinan-led listed upstream oil and gas company PXP Energy Corp. has increased its stake in Canada’s FEC Resources Inc., which holds a key interest in an oil and gas exploration project off Palawan. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Friday, Aug. 1, PXP Energy...
SORSOGON CITY – Lopez-led First Gen Corp. (FGen), through its renewable energy subsidiary Energy Development Corp. (EDC), launched the 22-megawatt (MW) Tanawon geothermal power plant on Friday, Aug. 1, to bolster the country 's clean baseload capacity. “This is not only a proud achievement...
Motorists will need to brace themselves for the first week of August, as fuel prices are set to rise. Based on the four-day Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS), gasoline could see a potential increase of more or less ₱1.50 per liter, while diesel may see a ₱1 spike. Kerosene, on the other hand,...
The Department of Energy is preparing a circular for the nuclear sector, a month after the law establishing the Philippine Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority was ratified, to guide stakeholders on the new energy source. On the sidelines of the 2025 post-State of the Nation Address (SONA)...
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) are considering taking over power supply operations on Siquijor Island due to persistent outages. During the Post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) briefing on Wednesday, July 30, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin and...
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that several renewable energy (RE) and energy storage system (ESS) projects have secured system impact study (SIS) endorsements that evaluated the project’s viability for connection to the national grid. For the month of June, the DOE granted SIS...
One of the Japanese partners of Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) in the 420-megawatt (MW) Pagbilao-3 coal-fired power plant is moving ahead on the divestment of its stake in the facility as part of an investment realignment to cleaner energy technologies. According to a source privy to the...
A technical hiccup due to a pipe falling into a well has affected the pace of ongoing drilling at the Malampaya gas field, according to a highly placed source whose organization is part of the Service Contract (SC) 38 consortium for the project. The source indicated that “there had been technical...
