With streamlined projects, power rates can be cut by P0.35/kwh
That has been the scale of savings crunched by Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian, the principal author of the newly signed Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) Law, that will then serve as digitally-enabled platform of streamlining approval processes on energy projects. Patently, the law that was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last […]
Work begins on 115 MW solar park in the Philippines
The PV plant, which is Global Business Power Corporation’s (GBP) first project in the renewable energy market, is being constructed across a 135-hectare area owned by the Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation (Philcomsat) in partnership with Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. and China Energy Engineering Corporation.
YEARENDER : Philippines remains heavily dependent on oil imports
MANILA, Philippines — The year 2018 put the spotlight on the Philippines’ dependence on imported fuel to power up the country’s progress and day-to-day operations. This was validated by the latest Energy Trilemma Index of the World Energy Council, which ranks 125 countries in three dimensions – environmental sustainability, energy security and energy equity. The […]
Yellow alert up in Luzon griD
A YELLOW alert was raised over seven Luzon power plants that were either offline or running at limited capacity, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Tuesday.
Young inventors create device that converts noise to electricity
The Sound – Light or “S-Light” was created by “Team Voltage 5” composed of Grade 11 students Kirsten Dianne Delmo, Nico Andrei Serrato, Joecile Faith Monana, Frelean Faith Engallado, and Raphael Francis Dequilla. While electricity is normally used to power up speakers, this invention reverses that process and uses sound and converts it to electricity. […]
Youth climate strikes sweep Asia ahead of UN Climate Action Summit
MANILA, the Philippines – In 2013, Marinel Ubaldo was just 16 years old and Matarinaw, her seaside village in Eastern Samar, was paradise. She considered herself a simple barrio lass who found contentment in collecting seashells for decorative uses and sea cucumbers for dinner. Sometimes, she went out onto the Pacific Ocean along with his […]
Zamboanga suffers from lack of power supply
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Exasperated by the regular brownouts, Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar demanded the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) to pay up its overdue accounts to electricity supplier Western Mindanao Power Corp. (WMPC) to resolve the daily power outages. WMPC cut off the supply of electricity to Zamcelco — now under the management of Crown Investments […]