SMC-Meralco consortium investing P99b in coal plant
The joint venture of SMC Global Power Holding Corp. and Meralco PowerGen Corp. plans to spend P99 billion to put up a 1,200-megawatt coal project in Mariveles, Bataan. Mariveles Power Generation Corp., the joint venture firm, said in an environmental impact statement submitted to the Environmental Management Bureau it would construct and operate the Mariveles […]
China’s ET finds home on PH rooftops
A subsidiary of Chinese solar cell manufacturer ET Solar has commissioned its first commercial solar project in the Philippines—on the rooftop of an American car dealership in Cebu City. ET Energy said in a statement the solar rooftop system has been finished and connected to the grid, for use of Fairlane Automotive Ventures Inc., a […]
After hurdling 2018’s regulatory crisis, power industry players are ready for Year of the Pig
THE country’s power supply remained stable for the past 12 months despite a crippled Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that left the agency “powerless in making decisions critical to the energy sector.” “We were able to surpass all challenges. There were difficult times but we just kept on going,” commented Alfonso G. Cusi, secretary of the Department […]
Additional fuel excise tax now in effect
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 1) — Filipinos will pay more for fuel at the beginning of 2019 because of an additional excise tax provided by law. Under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law, an additional ₱2 per liter excise tax is imposed on diesel and gasoline, ₱1 for every liter of […]
Singaporean company eyeing 6MW of solar home installations in PH
At its initial rollout this coming 2019, Singapore-based Trina Solar is targeting to chalk up 10-percent or a range of 5.0 to 6.0 megawatts of the emerging market of solar installations for residential end-users in the Philippines. Trina Solar Philippines country manager Junrhey Castro indicated that the Philippines has a huge potential for solar homes […]
PH exploring possible energy cooperation with Alberta, Canada
The Philippines is exploring possible energy cooperation with the Province of Alberta, Canada’s energy capital, in anticipation of Malampaya’s gas reserves depletion by 2024. “There are great potentials for energy cooperation between the Philippines and the Province of Alberta, Canada,” Deputy Philippine Consul General in Calgary Zaldy Patron said in a statement. Patron was recently […]
EU and the Philippines ink seven clean energy contacts
The official launch of the seven projects is scheduled in January 2019. The European Union (EU) inked seven new clean energy contracts worth $23.86m (EUR21m) with Philippine civil society organisations, cooperatives, authorities, and universities to help provide for 40,000 households. This is in line with the Department of Energy’s 100% of electrification goal for 2020. […]
Trina Solar targets residential market in Philippines
SINGAPORE-BASED Trina Solar Energy Development Pte. Ltd. is targeting to install 5-6 megawatts (MW) of solar rooftop energy systems in Filipino homes each year as it sets its sights on the local residential market, its local manager said. “We have quiet a bit of aggressive target in the Philippines… Usually we are given the task […]
The dawn of distributed energy
Battle lines were drawn during the first public consultation for Senate Bill 1719 (otherwise known as the Solar Adoption Act) on November 19. Senator Grace Poe, author of SB 1719, and Senate Energy Committee Chair Senator Sherwin Gatchalian have recently held a Senate hearing and sought to correct some operational flaws of the 2008 RE […]
Philippines’ first LNG terminal sought by China and Japan
MANILA/BEIJING/TOKYO — The Philippines has become a new front in China and Japan’s infrastructure rivalry as companies from both countries bid to build the archipelago’s first liquefied natural gas terminal […]