While Filipinos are being told to feast on crumbs for a ₱500 noche buena this Christmas, how can anyone expect us to stomach a power capacity addition that will compel consumers to pay a gut-wrenching ₱14 per kWh for offshore wind? This energy source is being served like a luxury entrée to a...
BACOLOD CITY – A bottling company is embracing renewable energy and strengthening sustainability efforts by installing solar power plants that would generate 8.34 megawatts (MW) of electricity in all 11 industrial plants nationwide. Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) president Phyo Phyu...
Nagoya, Japan – If Japan’s energy giant JERA Co. Inc. wants to make one truth unmistakably clear, it’s that the energy transition isn’t some one-size-fits-all crusade. Other than the spotlight-grabbing renewables, the hard reality is that repurposing existing coal fleets through ammonia...
The United States Embassy in Manila warned its citizens in the Philippines of the two large-scale anti-corruption rallies scheduled on Nov. 30, with one being close enough to the embassy’s compound along Roxas Blvd. in Manila. In an advisory, the embassy informed its citizens that the rallies...
President Marcos has vowed to improve government processes aimed at promoting and accelerating renewable energy projects. Marcos made the commitment during his visit at the Ning*Ning 6.55 megawatt project in Pasinaya Homes Prime Central in Naic, Cavite on Tuesday, Nov. 25. "On our end as the...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin has sought the expansion of Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) to southern Iloilo province. Garin has filed House Bill No. 6292 to amend Republic Acts (RA) No. 11212 and 11918 and facilitate inclusion. RA 11212 gave MORE Power the...
Belém, Brazil – Despite the looming overshoot of the 1.5°C global warming threshold, COP30’s negotiations have sputtered to a bitter disappointment, leaving nations disillusioned. The shattered Transition Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) roadmap now stands as an emblem of global paralysis and...
Belem, Brazil – In the glare of COP30’s global spotlight, negotiators wrestle to forge a hard-edged Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF). Yet right outside the conference halls lies an unfiltered contradiction: an epicenter where fossil fuel investments are still surging,...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in this city has deployed personnel to augment power restoration efforts in Negros Island devastated by typhoon ‘’Tino.’’ A team was sent to help personnel of Negros Power Corp., a sister company that is a joint venture with Central...
Belem, Brazil – Prince William challenged the world at the ongoing COP30 Climate Summit, urging leaders to craft a legacy where nature thrives and children inherit hope, not hazard. His was a call to act not for fleeting glory, but for the silent appreciation of future generations. “Let us...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) is aiming to fully restore electricity over the weekend to 217,000 consumers in its franchise area affected by typhoon “Tino.” NEPC said that 87.01 percent or 217,577 customers in 35 feeders experienced power interruptions. At present,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) is aiming to fully restore electricity over the weekend to 217,000 consumers in its franchise area affected by typhoon “Tino.” NEPC said that 87.01 percent or 217,577 customers in 35 feeders experienced power interruptions. At present,...
