Clean energy solutions leader First Gen Corporation will continue its green technology investments to help the Philippine economy toward its decarbonization track in sync with the world in mitigating climate change risks. “Our role here is to sort of like help the Philippine economy achieve a...
It doesn’t take a scientist to know that we are living in challenging times brought forth by the change in our climate patterns and depleting finite resources. This is the reason why the terms “sustainability,” “renewables,” “circular economy” have gained prominence not only among...
Despite fragmenting markets and the changing landscape for global gas commodity trading, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated it may still opt for oil-linked pricing if Malampaya would yield new commercial gas discovery. According to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla, the pricing...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government is considering all technologies to ensure energy security and improve the energy mix for renewables. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool)* Marcos said this as he visited ACEN Corp.'s...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is enforcing the conduct of "port capacity assessment" as one of the major requirements that offshore wind (OSW) investors have to accomplish and submit to the government as part of their applications for project-permitting. That has been one of the key stipulations...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said it is lining up several priority projects that will reinforce the country’s electricity network and backbone to support the distribution of bigger electricity loads. The company emphasized that its investments’ pipeline...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said that government should give weight to the P300 billion worth of investments it had injected into the country’s power transmission network in reaction to the In reaction to the Malacanang pronouncement that the government may take back...
As data center project-proponents have been firming up their investment plans in the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it will match up their electricity needs with the investors putting up renewable energy (RE) facilities in the country. “A number of investors presented...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is lining up massive investments of $20 billion, approximately equivalent to P1.123 trillion, until year 2030 to sustain its market share of 20 percent in terms of kilowatt-hour production to serve the growing electricity needs of Filipinos. The seven-year humongous...
The Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC) is set to tackle the current energy crisis plaguing the country and the various proposals seeking to revoke the franchise of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), Sen. Rafael "Raffy" Tulfo said on Wednesday, May 17. Tulfo made the...
The Senate energy committee on Wednesday, May 17, scrutinized the plans of the Department of Energy (DOE) and other power stakeholders to provide long-term solutions to power supply shortages Presiding as chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy hearing on the recent power outages in the country,...
The Malampaya consortium led by field operator Prime Energy of the Razon group will cough up $600 million to $630 million in fresh capital outlay for the first phase of its committed work program that will include the drilling of 2-3 production wells. In a briefing with the media, Energy...
