July 17, 2017

NREB sets flexibility in RE capacity purchase

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 15, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) is injecting some flexibility in the incremental purchase of renewable energy (RE) capacity that off-taker distribution utilities would have to adhere to […]
July 6, 2017

DOE approves Citicore’s five hydropower service contracts totaling 2,300 megawatts

By  Lenie Lectura – July 5, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Citicore Power Inc. (CPI) five service contracts for its pumped-storage hydropower projects with a total capacity of 2,300 megawatts (MW). The company said on Wednesday it received the contracts […]
July 3, 2017

Veco seeks more RE use for balanced mix of power

By Lenie Lectura – July 2, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Visayan Electric Co. (Veco), the second-largest electricity-distribution utility, continues to push for renewable energy (RE) in order to maintain a balanced mix of power-generation sources. No doubt the initial investment into RE […]
June 20, 2017

NREB approves Green Energy Option and RE Trust Fund Rules

By Lenie Lectura – June 19, 2017  from Business Mirror THE National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) has approved the rules on Green Energy Option and Renewable Energy (RE) Trust Fund. “NREB has finalized and approved the Green Energy Option Rules and RE […]