Amid distress from scorching weather temperature, massive number of consumers in Luzon had to live through the agony of rotational blackouts of at least two-hour duration due to strained power supply in the grid following a transmission line tripping that was compounded by the forced outages and...
Listed firm Alternergy Holdings Corporation (Alternergy) has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its 20-megawatt Solana solar farm project to Japanese firm-subsidiary JGC Philippines. In a statement to the media, Alternergy emphasized that JGC Philippines was...
Forced outages and de-rating of power plants that took out more than 1,350 megawatts of capacities in the system placed Luzon grid into "red alert" on Monday, May 8, according to the advisory issued by system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). NGCP raised "red alert"...
COPENHAGEN - The final investment decision (FID) of multinational energy giant Royal Dutch Shell for its offshore wind (OSW) ventures in the Philippines will largely depend on the tariff rate that regulators will be implementing, according to a key executive of the company. In an interview, Sarah...
COPENHAGEN - The Danish government and its private sector players have expressed willingness to participate in prospective public-private partnership (PPP) as well as extending concessional loans to various sub-segments of the emerging offshore wind (OSW) industry and in energy infrastructure...
The government, through the Department of Energy (DOE), will demarcate the specific functions and responsibilities to be assumed by the national government agencies (NGAs) as well as local government units (LGUs) in hosting and on the permitting processes for offshore wind farm installations;...
Some senators agree in principle that nuclear energy is a potential solution to the Philippine’s perrenial power problem but stressed there is a need to raise public awareness and ensure public safety. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said the proposed construction and operation of a...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. has told congressmen that the city government cannot, and will not, pay its rather enormous P7.33-billion debt to the National Power Corporation (Napocor) and Power Sector Assets and Liabilities...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is requiring system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to submit data on contracted capacities to be awarded for its ancillary services (AS) procurements, to help assess cost impact on consumers. “We are asking them (NGCP) for the...
COPENHAGEN – Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla told prospective global investors eyeing the Philippine offshore wind industry that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will soon be issuing the "regulatory framework" for the approval of environmental clearance for offshore...
COPENHAGEN – The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is planning to craft a policy that will hasten the entry of investor-proponent on the re-purposing of port infrastructure facility that will service offshore wind (OSW) investments in the Philippines. SBMA has been part of the Philippine...
Senator Raffy Tulfo deplored the sky-high charges of energy generation companies (gencos) despite the drop in prices of coal in the global price index. Compared to other countries in Asia, Philippines has one of the highest electricity costs even though the price of coal imports is all based on the...
