April 16, 2021

Gov’t bares plan to shut old Mindanao coal power plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 15, 2021 at 07:05 pm from manilastandard.net The government plans to acquire coal-fired power plants in Mindanao, especially the older power projects, with the aim of shutting them down once the Agus-Pulangi hydro […]
January 7, 2021

Coal share of power mix seen at 59% by 2029 despite moratorium

By Angelica Y. Yang – January 4, 2021 | 7:30 pm from Business World COAL-FIRED POWER is expected to account for 59% of the country’s generation mix by 2029 after production at the Philippines’ sole gas field winds down, according to Fitch […]
December 15, 2020

Worst case for continuing with PHL coal projects seen at P372-B in long-term costs

By Angelica Y. Yang – December 11, 2020 | 7:23 pm from Business World The Philippines could sustain up to P372 billion in economic losses under a worst-case scenario of proceeding with all nine gigawatts of pending coal-fired power plants […]