Renewable power pioneer Alternergy Holdings Corp. has secured a green corporate loan to continue constructing its renewable power projects for 2024. Alternergy announced on Wednesday, May 8, that it will have a P4 billion green corporate loan to be utilized for projects like the Tanay and Alabat...
Pangilinan-led SP New Energy Corp (SPNEC) is targeting to conclude sell-down of up to 40% of its shareholdings to foreign firms that will be willing to infuse capital into its 3,500-megawatt Terra Solar power project to be integrated with 4,500-megawatt hours (MWh) of energy storage system....
With the heat index continuing to rise in the Philippines, Filipinos have had no choice but to turn to electric fans and air conditioners to cool down. Beating the heat, however, comes with a heavy price. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)...
Young tycoon Leandro Legarda Leviste has acquired the equivalent of 8.5 percent of ABS-CBN Corporation, continuing his buying binge after selling a portion of his stake in SP New Energy Corporation to Meralco PowerGen Corporation. ABS-CBN’s share price has surged over the past week and...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has cemented a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LBP Resources and Development Corporation (LBRDC), a subsidiary of Land Bank, for the rollout of solar rooftop installations at the latter’s economic zone domains. According to PNOC President...
While many other power plants fail to deliver during this year’s El Nino-stricken weather temperatures, solar plants have been thriving as ‘powerhouse solution’ in shielding consumers from the wrath of unwanted blackouts or power service interruptions. Rotational brownouts would typically...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the government plans to construct solar-powered cold storage facilities in Occidental Mindoro to soften the impact of the power crisis in the province. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said that they are collaborating with the Department of...
Leading player Aboitiz Power Corporation is scheduling the issuance of notice-to-proceed (NTP) for the construction of the next round of 1,000 megawatts (MW) of greenfield solar farm ventures that it is targeting to bring to commercial operations in the next two years. In a briefing with the media,...
China-headquartered Trina Solar, which has suite of businesses on solar photovoltaics (PVs) and energy storage solutions, will be providing solar cell panels to underpin the commercial developments of the solar projects of PetroGreen Energy Corporation (PGEC), the renewable energy investment arm of...
Equity acquisition in existing renewable energy (RE) projects had driven up the net income of Yuchengco-led PetroEnergy Resources Corporation (PERC) by 9.0% last year to P944 million from P863 million in 2022. The corresponding portfolio boost, according to the company, likewise shored up its...
With $1.5 million funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Philippine government - with the Department of Energy (DOE) in the lead - has established a centralized energy command hub that will be primarily activated in times of disasters, power system failures...
Flourishing solar power developer giant Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) has secured P9.0 billion worth of loans from Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) with an option to increase it to P20 billion; and that will be funneled mainly for the commercial development of its...
