In the country’s bid for nuclear power development renaissance, the Philippine government – through the Department of Energy (DOE) – has been in search for viable financing tools and instruments that shall underpin planned deployments not just of the small modular reactors (SMRs) but also...
President Marcos tasked government agencies to prepare for the "eventual manufacture" of electric vehicles in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Oct. 24, 2023. (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/KJ Rosales) Marcos,...
In an effort to mitigate the current oil prices, President Marcos wants to reduce the trigger period for fuel subsidy from three months to one month, the Department of Energy (DOE) said. In a statement, Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla said that Malacañang wants to change the language of the...
President Marcos has ordered to reduce the trigger period in providing fuel subsidy to the transport sector. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Oct. 24, 2023. (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/KJ Rosales) From three months, the...
The government is enthusiastically eyeing to massively shift gears into electric mobility by mid-century, but the road ahead for the Philippine transport sector is still navigating wobbly terrains on some policies as well as speed bumps on infrastructure development and supply chains, primarily...
DOE Secretary Raphael Lotilla Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte can't help but express his disappointment over Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla's supposed junking of a two-year-old proposal for government to put up a strategic...
The relevant government agencies of the Philippines have been working on ‘global certifications’ that could be accorded for the right-skilling of workers that will be joining the labor force of the country’s flourishing renewable energy (RE) sector. According to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M....
This early, the Department of Energy (DOE) is keeping consumers up to speed that the country’s transition to renewable energy (RE) will not only be a long journey, but there’s also high probability that it will add up costs into the electric bills of consumers. “Nobody is going to tell you...
Many of the renewable energy (RE) investors that are now advancing the implementation of their blueprinted projects have been pitching for local sourcing of supply as well as equipment that they can utilize in the construction and overall development of their projects. Energy Secretary Raphael P.M....
Beyond the volume that shall be allocated for its domestic requirements, the government of Indonesia has assured continuous coal supply that can be utilized by the power plants in the country, according to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla. “Our bilateral with Indonesia is making sure that...
Once the Philippines concretizes its gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm installations, the Department of Energy (DOE) casts the country’s grand ambition of exporting renewable energy (RE) capacity to Singapore and other neighbors in the Southeast Asian region. According to Energy Secretary Raphael...
Investors from the Middle East – primarily energy companies from Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia – are enthusiastically eyeing to funnel investments into offshore oil and gas exploration ventures in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), according to...