September 26, 2017

San Miguel power biz to bid for Masinloc plant ownership

By  Lenie Lectura – September 25, 2017 from Business Mirror THE power business of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) may bid for the controlling stake of AES Corp. in the 600-megawatt (MW) coal-power plant in Masinloc, Zambales. “Yes, we are interested,” said SMC […]
September 23, 2017

NGCP: Negros-Panay submarine cable ready

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 22, 2017 at 07:01 pm  from manilastandard.net Grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines is set to energize the Negros-Panay submarine cable at its full capacity of 300 megawatts by the first quarter next year to […]
September 23, 2017

NGCP places Luzon grid on ‘yellow alert’

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 22, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net The Luzon grid was placed on a yellow alert status for several hours on Friday as power supply remains thin with the forced outage of several plants. The Energy Department […]
September 23, 2017

Mobile power plants offered as ‘brownout solution’ to PH off-grids

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 22, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Suzhou, China – Brownout-stricken “island grids” or off-grid areas of the Philippines can turn to modular or “mobile power plants” as well as digitally enabled smart grids as […]