Retail electricity supplier Shell Energy Philippines, Inc. (SEPH) is expanding its renewable energy (RE) portfolio to align with the Philippines ' goal of increasing clean energy in its generation mix. SEPH President and Chief Executive Officer Bernd Krukenberg told the Manila Bulletin that...
Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the Philippines’ leading infrastructure investments company, has appointed former Philippine Airlines President Gilbert Gabriel F. Santa Maria as the new President and CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), effective Sept. 1, 2025. Santa...
The Philippines is on the verge of achieving universal electricity access despite challenges in its shift toward renewable energy (RE) sources, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). “Countries like Indonesia, Fiji, and the Philippines...
Around ₱5 billion worth of investments is the figure Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) has set upon entering a partnership with Saudi Arabia-backed ACWA Power to develop renewable energy (RE) projects that will supply electricity to nearly 500,000 off-grid households in the Philippines. Winchell...
Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is planning to invest ₱13 billion to expand its geothermal energy portfolio as part of its ongoing efforts to scale up renewable energy capacity. In an interview with EDC President and Chief Operating Officer Jerome Cainglet, he explained that the company...
Lopez-led First Gen Corp. (FGen) is urging the government to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy (RE) projects to reduce the nation 's heavy reliance on coal. Speaking at the 3rd Philippine Renewable Energy Conference, FGen President Francis Giles Puno said that coal-fired power still...
Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will source part of its power supply from biogas over a 20-year period as part of its renewable energy (RE) integration. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 4, Meralco said it has secured a power supply agreement (PSA) with First Quezon Biogas Corp....
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that several renewable energy (RE) and energy storage system (ESS) projects have secured system impact study (SIS) endorsements that evaluated the project’s viability for connection to the national grid. For the month of June, the DOE granted SIS...
Despite the Department of Energy’s (DOE) efforts to cancel renewable energy (RE) contracts that miss their implementation timelines, the agency continues to shy away from investigating the murky waters of potentially questionable project shareholders, and as a result, the industry’s darker...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a stricter but more streamlined mechanism to reopen terminated service contracts for renewable energy (RE) projects Energy Assistant Secretary Mylene Capongcol told reporters that the agency is actively monitoring dormant RE projects, including those...
SN Aboitiz Power Group (SNAP) is ramping up its efforts to build more renewable energy (RE) projects beyond hydropower assets. In an ambush interview, SNAP President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joseph Yu said that there are more projects in the pipeline, which hold less than 300 megawatts...
Globe Telecom Inc. is ramping up its sustainability efforts by transitioning more than 3,000 cell sites and other low-energy utilization facilities to renewable energy, with a target completion date of 2028. The Ayala-led telecommunications giant announced that it has begun the process of...
