Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is in talks with at least two American nuclear power companies for a "collaborative approach" on this technology as part of the long-term energy solution for the Philippines. Meralco Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan noted that these...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be reviewing "siting standards" for planned nuclear power facilities in the country according to the new and stricter parameters set forth by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world’s center of cooperation on the nuclear field. “We’ll have...
Listed firm Aboitiz Power Corporation plans to kick off study next year on co-firing ammonia with coal-fed power plants, as a way to pare the carbon intensity of these environment-assaulting power generating assets. “We’re looking at having that [feasibility] study perhaps starting next year....
Aside from looking for potential supplier for the planned nuclear power plant in the Philippines, Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said the government is also eyeing potential manufacturing of nuclear power reactors in the country. It could be recalled that President Ferdinand R....
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...
The Philippine government’s potential deal with a US-based nuclear power firm would definitely help address its power crisis as the drought season continues to hound the country because of the El-Niño phenomenon, Senator Francis Tolentino said on Wednesday, May 3. Tolentino issued the statement...
A Danish company is eyeing the Philippines for a strategic deployment of its small modular reactor (SMR) technology in nuclear power development once it passes licensing phase and approvals by government authorities. According to Denmark Ambassador to the Philippines Franz-Michael Mellbin, nuclear...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is targeting to set at least 2,500 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power capacity contribution to the country’s energy mix by 2032, according to a ranking official of the agency. Energy Undersecretary Sharon S. Garin told reporters “we are including nuclear power in the...
The Diocese of Balanga in Bataan reiterated its stand against the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that will help augment the power supply in the country. Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In a pastoral letter, Bishop Ruperto C. Santos expressed...
Senator Joseph Victor ‘’JV’’ Ejercito said today that the Philippines needs to reconsider the establishment of nuclear power in the country. ‘’We need to bring down cost of energy for our economy to be able to fully develop and at same time address the issue of climate change and global...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, November 11 maintained that safety issues surrounding the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), remain unanswered, and thus, funds for its maintenance should be realigned to fund the government’s economic recovery programs. Among the issued hounding the BNPP is its...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned an emergency Security Council meeting on Thursday of the "grave" crisis unfolding at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations of new shelling near the facility. Sergiy...
