May 30, 2017

NREB to ask DOE to extend period to complete hydro, biomass projects for FiT

By Lenie Lectura – May 24, 2017 from Business Mirror THE National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) will propose to the Department of Energy (DOE) to extend the period for developers of hydro and biomass to complete their projects in order to avail themselves […]
May 15, 2017

NREB mulls subsidy scheme for ‘stranded’ solar capacity

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 12, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Beyond the regime of feed-in-tariff (FIT) system for emerging renewable energy technologies, the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) asserted that it will be sorting out a new subsidy scheme […]
February 10, 2017

Viewpoint: When consumers’ pockets are ‘gouged’ (Solar’s FIT mess)

by Myrna M. Velasco – February 9, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin (First of two parts) Manipulation is the new world order – well, savagely! It is quite tragic that this appears to be a “gouging game” even in the […]
January 25, 2017

More ‘data defects’ turn up in FIT-backed solar energy projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 24, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With the Department of Energy (DOE) stepping up its review of the “validation data” on completion of solar farm developments under the second wave feed-in-tariff (FIT) race, more […]