As it aspires to increase the share of renewable energy (RE) in its power mix, the Philippines drastically improved its ranking to 76th out of 118 countries in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2025 Energy Transition Index (ETI). This year’s jump is a reversal of the country’s slide to 105th...
For years, Malampaya has been like a reality show where nobody knows if there's still gas left—just a lot of suspense and expert "guesses." But this year, the season finale may finally drop—and it's interesting to see if we'd struck energy gold or we're up for a frustrating plot...
HOUSTON – Global CEOs, policymakers, and industry leaders are once again gathering at the annual CERAWeek in Texas, and if there’s ever a time to raise an eyebrow and clutch your coffee tighter, it’s now. With the Trump administration’s sharp ‘detour’ plowing through global energy...
With the harsh effects of climate change posing a threat to economic development, the Philippines is increasingly harnessing renewable energy (RE), with the help of a forthcoming $600-million (nearly P35-billion) loan from the World Bank. The Washington-based multilateral lender disclosed that its...
Ronald ‘Suiee’ Suarez highlights AboitizPower’s sustainability projects and initiatives at the 1st Manila Bulletin Sustainability Focus Session held at the Universtiy of Santo Tomas on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Manila Bulletin) Despite the country's aggressive efforts to go renewable, a...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently studying a policy for the repurposing of diesel-fired power plants by integrating biofuel blend of as much as 55% (or B55) by volume, according to Energy Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella. “We’re developing a strategy for B55 to enable the...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation and its offshore partner firm PT Barito Renewables Energy Tbk (Barito Renewables) are poised to accelerate the commercial development of wind farm projects with 320-megawatt aggregate capacity across three project-sites in Indonesia. In a statement to the media, the...
The progress of many economies on their energy transition agendas will weaken demand growth for oil commodities in the years ahead, according to Paris-based global think tank International Energy Agency. But while oil consumption will be on decline, there are projections that oil production on...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has increased its use of renewable energy in its operations by 15 percent following its partnership with MPower, the local retail electricity supplier of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). Under this partnership, Maynilad said in a statement on...
BAKU, Azerbaijan – The host country of the 29th Conference of the Parties for Climate Change (COP29) is eyeing energy as well as trade bilateral cooperation with the Philippines, according to the chief foreign policy advisor of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev. In an interview during an official...
The coal moratorium enforced in 2020 which sculpted the entry of more renewable energy (RE) investments remains as a non-negotiable policy stance to former Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi if he will have his way, because that had drawn the line in the sand for the country’s greener future. In a...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is dangling ‘captive electricity generation’ as a viable solution to the intensive energy needs of mining companies to bolster up whole chain development of critical minerals that will underpin technological innovations for the energy transition. “We’re...
