March 14, 2017

Global solar cost steeply declining; good news to PH

by Myrna M. Velasco – March 13, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Houston, Texas – The global cost of solar technology on generation pricing perspective already tailed off steeply to $0.03 per kilowatt hour (kwh); and storage costs are also […]
March 8, 2017

ERC cuts FiT rates for hydro and biomass projects

By Lenie Lectura – March 7, 2017 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has lowered the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) rates for hydro and biomass power projects that are scheduled for commercial operations this year. In a two-page resolution signed by the ERC […]
February 20, 2017

Basic Energy, Thai firm in RE venture

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 18, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Publicly listed Basic Energy Corporation (BEC) has firmed up a partnership deal with Thai firm Vintage Engineering Public Company Ltd. (VTE) for renewable energy (RE) ventures. The Filipino […]
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 […]