August 7, 2024

DOE wants shorter than three-months SIS process for power projects

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Aug 6, 2024 07:02 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE According to system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the SIS serves as a “critical assessment that determines the capacity of the […]
August 5, 2024

DOE engaging JICA for inventory of new sites for hydropower projects

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Aug 5, 2024 06:37 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE The hydropower site survey is among the strategic partnerships being pursued with the Japanese government on the area of energy cooperation – and that […]
August 5, 2024

DOE seeks WESM guidelines on dispatch synchronization for co-optimized reserve market

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Aug 3, 2024 09:26 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE In market co-optimization, the trading of capacity for both energy and ancillary services or reserves can be done together – instead of having them […]
August 5, 2024

Longer delivery timeframes sought for bundled RE-energy storage capacity in GEA

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Aug 3, 2024 10:41 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE IRESS plants, in particular, are seen as the tangible solution that could manage the variability of renewables – primarily solar and wind; and that […]