METRO Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWM), operator of the country’s first and only engineered sanitary landfill, said it is eyeing to start constructing next year its $210-million waste-to-energy facility in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac as part of its efforts in venturing into renewable energy generation in the Philippines. MCWM President Rufo Colayco said […]

WELLS Fargo International Solutions LLC – Philippines (Wells Fargo Philippines) recently announced it has entered into a retail electricity purchase agreement with Aboitiz Power Corporation through its subsidiary, AP Renewables, Incorporated (APRI), for the fulfillment of its renewable energy needs.

Wells Fargo International Solutions, support unit for the global operations of U.S. financial institution Wells Fargo, has signed a power purchase agreement for the supply of electricity from the Tiwi-Makban geothermal power plant by Aboitiz Power.

A consortium led by Singaporean renewables infrastructure developer WEnergy Global Pte Ltd (WEG) has won a contract in a tender to build 16 microgrids with solar power components in the Philippine province of Palawan.

Solar power is a versatile source of energy: it can be constructed as a distributed generation or as a central-station like conventional power plants. Countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, the United States, and Czech Republic have shifted to solar power to contribute to their country’s energy capacity. In the 2019 Global Status Report, China, the […]

GLASGOW, United Kingdom — The Philippines is urged to intensify its efforts to fight climate change after nearly 200 countries clinched a major deal that called for more ambition and action, but fell short of providing vulnerable nations funds to help them adapt to and recoup damages from climate-related impacts.

MANY INVESTORS ARE BECOMING MORE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN WASTE-TO-ENERGY (WTE)  FACILITY, AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) APPROVED THE COUNTRY’S FIRST WTE FACILITY LAST YEAR IN PALAWAN. Several planned WTE facility projects followed such as the planned WTE facility in Cebu that is being eyed by a Chinese firm; the WTE facility at the […]

ALTHOUGH FOSSIL fuels are the single biggest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, coal continues to be supported by both the government and businesses in the Philippines. While it is the cheapest fuel option, coal is also the most polluting one. With cleaner alternatives such as hydropower, solar, and wind energy readily available and decreasing in […]

In three decades, this city and its surroundings could be submerged because of climate change, excessive groundwater use and land subsidence. The programme Insight finds out what the Philippines is doing to address this. The coastal village of Sitio Pariahan, about 17 kilometres north of Manila, is where he built a home and a family. […]

Vestas has secured an agreement with Vena Energy to service its 54 MW Gamesa wind turbines at Pililla Wind Farm in Philippines. The agreement is Vestas’ first full scope multi-brand service deal in the country, leveraging our extensive experience from servicing 3.6 GW Gamesa wind turbines globally, including Taiwan in the Asia Pacific region.