November 11, 2020

Meralco, Semirara cancel 700-MW coal plant venture

By Alena Mae S. Flores – November 10, 2020 at 08:10 pm from manilastandard.net Semirara Mining and Power Corp., Meralco Powergen Corp. and St. Raphael Power Generation Corp. terminated their joint venture agreement to construct a 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant […]
November 10, 2020

Typhoon damage to power co-ops hits P369.821M

By Angelica Y. Yang – November 9, 2020 | 7:36 pm from Business World THE estimated cost of damage sustained by electric cooperatives due to Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) has climbed to P369.821 million, according to the National Electrification […]
October 30, 2020

Gov’t urged to address grid integration, food competition vs RE installations

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 29, 2020, 3:33 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has openly declared its ‘preferential treatment’ for renewable energy (RE) projects, but the government’s attention is also being called on managing concerns […]
October 20, 2020

DoE to plot PH’s competitive RE zones

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 19, 2020, 7:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) will be demarcating competitive renewable energy zones (CREZ) in various parts of the country, so the installations of variable RE projects could […]