Developers of gigawatt-scale floating solar farm projects are in a bind on their project finance-raising activities because of the programmatic environmental compliance certificate (ECC) that may turn out not acceptable as requirement to lenders, especially to foreign banks. In an interview,...
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...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has firmed up a deal with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) to raise P11 billion worth of sustainability-linked term loan facility that will partly bankroll the company’s solar projects. The loan, according to ACEN, will carry...
ACEN Renewables International Pte. Ltd (ACRI), a subsidiary of Ayala-led ACEN Corporation, has sealed AU$75 million green term loan facility with HSBC, which it will funnel into its expansion for renewable energy (RE) projects in Australia. According to the company, “the green term loan will...
DUBAI, UAE – Players in the renewable energy sector of the Philippines are strategically seeking the help of the Danish government in helping address ‘tightness’ in the workforce for technical as well as managerial skills currently being experienced in the flourishing solar industry. In an...
Liberty Solar Energy Corp. (LSEC), a subsidiary of the renewable power pioneer Alternergy Holdings Corp. (Alternergy) received an operating contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the Apulid Solar Project in Paniqui, Tarlac. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE),...
DUBAI, UAE -- The transformative impact of two solar farm projects of Filipino-led Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) had clinched global spotlight as it was catapulted to be among the world’s first bestowed with FAST-Infra Sustainability Infrastructure (FISI) Label, which has been...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has lifted the suspension on the trading of the shares of SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) on Friday, Dec. 1, after the firm reported that its public float has been raised to 20.02 percent to meet the minimum public ownership requirement of 20 percent. ...
The local government of Bugallon in Pangasinan, through Mayor Priscilla Espino, greenlighted PetroGreen Energy Corp.’s 25 megawatts (MW) solar power project. The Yuchengo-led firm said that the project, which will be located in a 25-hectare site in barangay Salomague Sur, is set to start...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has inked P20 billion worth of term loan facility that will be used mainly to bankroll ongoing renewable energy (RE) projects as well as for general corporate purposes. According to the company, the debt facility has 10-year repayment term, but the lender-banks have not...
In an effort to reduce operational expenses, San Andres Aqua Culture Corp. (Sanacor) has integrated solar power into its shrimp farms in Sarangani, Mindanao, with the aim of lowering electricity costs. Shawna Velasco, Sanacor engineer supervisor, said solar’s contribution to the total electricity...
Merbau Corporation, the renewable energy (RE) business unit of the Gokongwei-led JG Summit Holdings, Inc., has viably advanced to commercial operation its 13.811-megawatt peak (MWp) solar installation in Batangas City, a project touted as the biggest in the solar rooftop genre that has been...
