Power News

November 24, 2020

DOE exempts PNOC-EC coal projects in moratorium

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 23, 2020, 1:38 PM from Manila Bulletin Despite the Department of Energy’s (DOE) moratorium on new coal projects, it was specified that the coal ventures of state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation will not […]
November 23, 2020

AC Energy to leave coal projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 23, 2020, 7:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Ayala-owned AC Energy Philippines is breaking free from coal-fired generating facilities, hence, it is casting the divestment of its shareholdings in the 1,336-megawatt Dinginin power project and […]
November 23, 2020

MORE Power eyeing to double capacity of substations

By Lenie Lectura – November 23, from Business Mirror More Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) revealed plans to double the capacity of its substations to 260 MegaVolt Ampere (MVA) in the next 5 years as part of an investment […]
November 21, 2020

WESM a millstone around electricity consumers’ necks

By Ben Kritz – November 19, 2020 from The Manila Times Among the several bum steers sold to the public with the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001, one that escapes most public attention in spite of having […]
November 21, 2020

DoE evaluating renewables applications covering 1,479 megawatts

By Angelica Y. Yang – November 17, 2020 | 7:35 pm from Business World SOLAR PHILIPPINES THE Department of Energy (DoE) said Tuesday that it has received 44 applications for renewables service and operating contracts linked to projects with the […]
November 21, 2020

Nuclear touted as baseload solution, but risks flagged

By Angelica Y. Yang – November 15, 2020 | 7:09 pm from Business World PHILSTAR NUCLEAR POWER holds the potential to address the country’s need for reliable, always-on baseload power, but the risks posed by the energy source could be […]
November 20, 2020

Tarlac Electric eyes P603.7M from IPO

By Jenniffer B. Austria – November 19, 2020 at 09:55 pm from manilastandard.net Tarlac Electric Inc., a power distribution utility firm serving the requirements of Tarlac City, is raising up to P603.7 million from an initial public offering. TEI said […]
November 20, 2020

Firms urged to reduce carbon footprint

By Lenie Lectura – November 19, 2020 from Business Mirror In file photo: Geothermal power leader Energy Development Corp. continues its reforestation efforts at Mount Talinis in Negros Oriental. A team of EDC employees and volunteers from partner groups recently […]
November 20, 2020

AC Energy expects to hit half of 5,000MW RE goal in 2021

By Lenie Lectura – November 19, 2020 from Business Mirror AC Energy Philippines (ACEN) said it expects to achieve half of its 5,000megawatt (MW) target renewable energy (RE) capacity by next year. “The plan is to scale up our RE […]
November 20, 2020

Malampaya’s remaining gas seen topping 1.6TCF

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 19, 2020, 1:40 PM from Manila Bulletin The remaining potential yield of the Malampaya gas production facility could go as high as 1.6 trillion cubic feet (TCF), or half of the current capacity of […]