July 4, 2016

Archipelagic Nation Needs Archipelagic Generation – Part I

David Celestra Tan Updated July 4, 2016 One fundamental strategic issue in Philippine power development that maybe revisited by newly appointed Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi is the long time thinking that the nation should build big and bigger plants wherever […]
June 28, 2016

Solar Power Disrupts Grid and Proponents Must Be Responsible for Solutions

David Celestra Tan 26 June 2016 Solar proponents have been waving the clean energy and climate change flags. They got a hefty rate of P9.68 in the first FIT round and P8.68 in the 2nd. Now they want 7.68 for […]
May 17, 2016

Power Policies That Can Use President Rody’s Maverick Touch

David Celestra Tan, MSK 15 May 2016 Presidential Candidate Rodrigo Duterte’s message of stopping crime, corruption, and drugs captured the imagination of the Filipino people. He resonated with an apparently underestimated latent yearning of the Filipinos for hope for solutions […]
April 16, 2016

What To Do With The 700mw Stranded Solar Projects?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 16 April 2016 The solar industry lobby group, Solar Alliance is asking the DOE to extend the granting of the premium P8.67 per kwh FIT rate to those solar projects that failed to commission by the […]