State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has penciled in up to P5.0 billion worth of capital outlay for the repurposing of its Energy Supply Base (ESB) port facility in Mabini, Batangas, so it could be lined up for the logistics needs as well as to underpin support services to the thriving...
ACEN Renewables International Pte. Ltd (ACRI), a subsidiary of Ayala-led ACEN Corporation, has sealed AU$75 million green term loan facility with HSBC, which it will funnel into its expansion for renewable energy (RE) projects in Australia. According to the company, “the green term loan will...
The Paris-headquartered International Energy Agency (IEA) indicated that while positive developments were attained at the COP28 Climate Change Summit, the commitments from more than 100 countries might still not be enough to put the world on track to the 1.5°C global warming limit cast in the...
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 – As the JOBS4RE initiative has started gaining high-powered support from various countries as well as development-partners, the Philippines is joining peers in the world on this transformative movement that will address glaring gap on the technical as well as professional skills that...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country's energy consumption registered a slight increase last year, with non-renewable sources contributing to almost half of the total energy supply. Data from the PSA indicated that the overall final energy consumption in the country...
DUBAI, UAE – The Philippine government will aggressively work on international certifications for the targeted 9.0 million “green jobs” in the country through planned upskilling and right-skilling of Filipino workers so they can be gainfully employed not just in the clean energy sector of the...
DUBAI, UAE – Ayala-controlled ACEN Corporation, which has been expanding its investment foothold across foreign markets, is batting for capacity auction that will primarily delve with integrated renewable and energy storage system (IRESS) as prospective replacement for capacities that shall be...
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...
“Energy security’ is a crescendo that has not come yet for the Philippines despite the years of restructuring and rumbling changes in the power industry – and it was also hardly a stuff for reasoned policy analysis through the years. That then places the country in a catchup mode - not just...
The attractiveness of the Philippines in terms of renewable energy (RE) investments had climbed notches higher, with the Bloomberg NEF Climate Report ranking it as one of the top five globally. The Philippines had clinched the fourth spot in the Bloomberg NEF report, next to the major markets of...
The unit of power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has completed its initial investment, laying the groundwork for its prospective takeover of SP New Energy Corp. (SPNEC). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday, Dec. 1, SPNEC said the Leviste-led firm has received P7...
