February 18, 2025

Philippines remains heavily dependent on coal power plants, says IEA

By Brix Lelis – February 18, 2025 | 12:00am from The Philippine Star The IEA said in its latest electricity report that coal accounted for around 62 percent of the country’s power generation mix in 2024. MANILA, Philippines — Despite […]
February 15, 2025

AboitizPower suspends operations of 2 power barges

By Brix Lelis – February 15, 2025 | 12:00am from The Philippine Star AboitizPower said its unit Therma Mobile Inc. received confirmation from the Department of Energy (DOE) to mothball its two bunker C-fired power barges – TMO Mobile 4 […]
February 14, 2025

Higher power spot market rates loom

By Brix Lelis – February 14, 2025 | 12:00am from The Philippine Star The Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), the centralized venue for electricity trading as a commodity, saw its average price drop to a two-year low of P2.96 per […]
February 12, 2025

Philippine logs record renewable energy installations in 2024

By Brix Lelis – February 12, 2025 | 12:00am from The Philippine Star Based on DOE figures released yesterday, around 794.34 megawatts of new RE capacity reinforced the country’s supply in 2024, higher than the 230.54 MW in 2023, 328.18 […]