Lopez-led ThermaPrime Drilling Corporation (ThermaPrime) has beefed up its geothermal drilling business segment with three more rigs that it can immediately utilize for the expansion of its operations. According to the company, two of the newly acquired drilling rigs are of 1,500 horsepower (hp);...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation, the power generation investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), has shortlisted two bidders for the transmission connection that will transport the capacity of its P190 billion Terra Solar project upon reaching commercial operations by 2026. MGen President...
The newly collected data from the completed seismic surveys of Israeli firm Ratio Petroleum and state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) will enable a comprehensive assessment of the actual reserves’ potential for oil and gas at their service contracts in the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has finally lifted the suspension it earlier imposed on the settlement of traded capacities in the co-optimized reserve market, hence, consumers will have to brace for added cost burden in their forthcoming electric bills. With the lifting of the settlement...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is scheduling fresh round of green energy auction (GEA) by the fourth quarter this year to cover the unsubscribed capacity in the last competitive bidding - and the distinctive feature of the forthcoming tender will be on packaging it as integrated renewable energy...
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...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is extending its investment interest to other nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMR) and conventional nuclear fleets – and that could include the planned repowering of the idled Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) if the...
The bargaining chip dangled by the Department of Energy (DOE) on the proposed corporate life extension for state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is to prevent transfer of P300 billion worth of its residual debts to the national government coffers. “At this...
The typhoon-induced torrential rains and flooding incidents in recent days might have plunged many Filipinos into a new realm of financial hardship - including those in Metro Manila, but the rollback in oil prices this week is expected to bring much needed relief to consumers’ squeezed budgets in...
Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) and partner-firms are targeting to invest $1.5 billion for the rollout of green hydrogen solutions across 15 project-sites in the country – primarily areas in Mindanao that are physically isolated from the main grid and have been relying heavily on diesel-fired...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has instructed players in the deregulated downstream oil industry to assess the quality of their fuel products before these are retailed to customers – primarily if there had been infiltration of floodwaters in their underground storage facilities or if some...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduling next week the deliberations on the deferred cost recoveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that First Gen Corporation had utilized for electricity generation at its gas-fed power plants in Batangas. As full pass-on of LNG costs had not been...
