October 18, 2021

Solar farms to ‘eat’ PH food lands

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 16, 2021, 11:12 AM from Manila Bulletin The country’s grand ambition for massive solar power installations could result in weaker food sustainability, because energy developments could snatch lands that could have otherwise been allocated […]
December 11, 2019

DOE wants entry of non-flexible baseload plants moved to 2029

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 10, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The entry of greenfield non-flexible power generating facilities as baseload capacity, which could cover coal technology, is being moved to 2029 or 10 years from now, according […]
August 2, 2019

Meralco PowerGen firming up this year initial 350MW RE ventures

By Myrna M. Velasco – August 1, 2019 from Manila Bulletin From a targeted 1,000-megawatt portfolio of renewable energy in the medium term, the power generation investment arm of utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) indicated that it is now […]
April 23, 2018

NGCP given sole mandate on P52-B Vis-Min power link-up

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 21, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin It’s final – that the sole and ultimate mandate to undertake the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) will now just be in the court of private concessionaire […]