September 10, 2024

A1E seeks DOE certification for planned coal power plant

By Lenie Lectura – September 10, 2024 from Business Mirror Atimonan One Energy Inc. (A1E), a wholly owned subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), will ask the Department of Energy (DOE) to validate that the planned 1,200-megawatt (MW) coal power […]
December 7, 2021

Banks expect to keep lending to coal-fired power projects

By Marielle C. Lucenio – December 5, 2021 | 11:30 pm from Business World Banks expect to continue lending to coal-fired power projects as the Philippines shifts to cleaner and renewable energy sources by 2040, pending developments in an Asian […]
November 10, 2020

Plant closures, conversion to gas driving Israel’s planned retirement of coal by 2026

By Angelica Y. Yang – November 8, 2020 | 7:13 pm from Business World ISRAEL’S STRATEGY for ending the use of coal power centers on plant closures and the conversion of others to run on natural gas, an Israeli energy […]
November 5, 2020

Coal moratorium to only cover yet-to-be-proposed projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 5, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The moratorium on new coal-fired power projects will only cover yet-to-be-proposed investments, according to Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi. In a virtual press briefing, he classified that […]