March 21, 2020

Energy source on nature’s whim

Sorting out RE’s handicaps   By Myrna M. Velasco – March 21, 2020, 12:02 AM from Manila Bulletin Unequivocally, renewable energy (RE) and other clean energy technologies are flourishing energy sources that are going mainstream – not just capturing the […]
November 30, 2019

4 energy projects given EPNS certifications

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 28, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Four new energy projects had been accorded “certificates of energy project of national significance” (CEPNS) by the Department of Energy (DOE) entailing that they are entitled to […]
October 8, 2019

Shell powers refinery with solar-gas-battery hybrid technology

By Myrna M.Velasco – October 7, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation comes “clean” on its electricity usage at its 110,000 barrels per-day Tabangao refinery in Batangas via its deployment of hybrid technology that amalgamates the […]
September 30, 2019

Meralco, Hitachi set up 2-MW battery-energy storage system

By Lenie Lectura -September 30, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi Ltd. have put up a 2-megawatt (MW) battery-energy storage system (BESS) in Bulacan. “That’s a pilot. From a DU [distribution utility] […]