November 17, 2016

Foreign nuclear experts to study BNPP revival

By Lenie Lectura – November 16, 2016 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) said it may hire nuclear experts from other countries to assist the Philippines in its plan to put into commercial operation a mothballed nuclear power plant in […]
November 14, 2016

‘Government should tap safer energy sources in West Philippine Sea’

By Butch Fernandez & Lenie Lectura – November 13, 2016 from Business Mirror Instead of spending $1 billion to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy urged the government to use money to […]
November 7, 2016

Cusi not inclined to use FiT scheme for RE projects

By Lenie Lectura – November 4, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE), under the leadership of Alfonso G. Cusi, is not inclined to implement a third round of feed-in-tariff (FiT) scheme for solar- and wind-power projects. “It’s too much […]
November 5, 2016

DOE eyes ‘options’ to boost electricity supply, Cusi says

By Lenie Lectura – November 4, 2016 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) is now looking at other options to boost the country’s power supply following President Duterte’s pronouncement that no nuclear power plant would be put up during […]