April 16, 2021

Gov’t bares plan to shut old Mindanao coal power plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 15, 2021 at 07:05 pm from manilastandard.net The government plans to acquire coal-fired power plants in Mindanao, especially the older power projects, with the aim of shutting them down once the Agus-Pulangi hydro […]
April 16, 2021

Cusi woos US firms to invest in geothermal, petroleum exploration in PH

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 15, 2021, 2:29 PM from Manila Bulletin After chiding the United States for technically snubbing the Philippines’ offer of energy investments, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi still tugged his way into courting American firms […]
April 15, 2021

RE market operations for off-grid still frozen

By Angelica Y. Yang – April 13, 2021 | 9:52 pm from Business World THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) said Tuesday that commercial renewable energy (RE) market operations for off-grid areas remain suspended. The renewable energy market allows for the […]
April 13, 2021

44 local energy service companies register with DOE

By Lenie Lectura -April 13, 2021 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) has registered 44 Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) and is hoping that more would sign up with the agency. An ESCO is a business enterprise that develops, […]