June 14, 2017

Cusi seeks upgrade of coal plants

by Alena Mae S. Flores – June 13, 2017 at 08:22 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Department wants coal plants to upgrade their facilities and move towards cleaner technologies to secure the country’s long-tern power requirements. “We’d like the latest technologies […]
June 14, 2017

GE sees PHL saving P10 billion in power cost in 25 years

By  Lenie Lectura – June 12, 2017  from Business Mirror OFFICIALS of American giant GE said last week the Philippines could potentially achieve $10 billion (P495.45 billion) in savings over a 25-year power-plant life cycle and an estimated 16 million tons in […]
June 13, 2017

DOE lists ‘ideal’ location for new power plants

By  Lenie Lectura – June 12, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) has identified ideal locations all over the country where new power projects should be put up in line with the projected 43,765 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity […]
June 8, 2017

DOE’s Cusi adopts ‘carrot and stick’ tack to keep tab on power facilities

By Lenie Lectura – June 7, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) released on Wednesday a circular that formalizes the conduct of performance assessment and audit for all power generation, transmission and distribution systems and facilities. DOE Circular  DC […]