TORONTO – Long term power supply agreements (PSAs) may thrive as the ‘gold standard’ in securing the confidence of investors if the Philippines will ultimately decide on integrating nuclear power as a strategic component of its future energy mix, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission....
Greenfield as well as expansion generating facilities of Aboitiz Power Corporation will be shoring up power supply in the country this year by additional 400 megawatts – mainly coming from its solar plants that will be reaching commercial stream in the months ahead. In a briefing with reporters,...
Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation (EDC) will be leaning on the technology of American firm GreenFire Energy Inc. in shoring up the capacity of its geothermal assets – primarily in beefing up the generation capacity of its Mahanagdong geothermal facility in Leyte. San...
Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Secretary Larry Gadon believes that energy security is key to the country’s economic development as he begins working with foreign investors on the possibility of bridging the Philippines’ gaps in power capacity. Secretary Larry Gadon (PTV screenshot)...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduling public consultations on the proposed regulatory review and enforcement of rules that will directly impact consumers’ pockets as well the overall business viability of the power industry. The industry regulator apprised all relevant stakeholders...
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...
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...
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...
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...
With sustained uptick in its energy sales, the net income of Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR) had climbed to P1.8 billion within January to September this 2023, posting 32-percent escalation from a relatively moderate pace of P1.35 billion earnings last year. Given such uptrend in its...
The consolidated net income of Yuchengco-led PetroEnergy Resources Corporation’s (PERC) had climbed 29% to P874 million as of end-September this year as against a leaner P677 million within a comparative period in 2022. For the third quarter alone, the company posted a profit of P282.696 million,...
