December 15, 2020

BANELCO vows to supply electricity to whole of Bantayan by 2022

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 14, 2020 at 08:35 pm from manilastandard.net Bantayan Island Electric Cooperative Inc. on Monday said it will energize its entire franchise area by 2022 in support of the government’s electrification agenda. “While Bantayan […]
December 15, 2020

Solar PH lines up 1-GW solar projects

By Jordeene B. Lagare – December 12, 2020 from The Manila Times SOLAR Philippines is on schedule to construct solar power plants with a total capacity of more than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2021. In a statement on Wednesday, Solar […]
December 15, 2020

Worst case for continuing with PHL coal projects seen at P372-B in long-term costs

By Angelica Y. Yang – December 11, 2020 | 7:23 pm from Business World The Philippines could sustain up to P372 billion in economic losses under a worst-case scenario of proceeding with all nine gigawatts of pending coal-fired power plants […]
December 14, 2020

DOE halts priority energy project certification

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 14, 2020, 7:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has suspended the issuance of “certificates of energy projects of national significance” (CEPNS) to various projects being proposed by industry players. In […]