The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), with funding support from the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integrated Fund (JAIF), announced an acceleration program targeting aspiring startup founders and innovators across Southeast Asia: ASEAN Sparks.

MANILA – The Department of Energy (DOE) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday turned over three Mobile Energy Systems (MES) to the National Power Corporation-Small Power Utilities Group (NPC-SPUG) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

In an effort to expand renewable energy (RE) integration, Ayala-led ACEN Renewable Energy Solutions (ACEN RES) is transitioning one of the Shangri-La properties in the country to full clean energy.

LOPEZ-LED First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) sold its shares in Pi Energy, Inc., its energy solutions platform, to its power generation arm, First Gen Corp., for P1.006 billion.

The Department of Energy (DOE) will be locking horns with system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to resolve the “mismatch” in the country’s transmission development game plan, to ensure that the grid actually delivers where the capacities are needed.

LISTED renewable energy company Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) expects to achieve financial close by June on its share subscription agreement with Indonesian state-owned PT Pertamina Power Indonesia (Pertamina New & Renewable Energy or NRE), under which the latter will acquire a 20% stake in CREC.

Newly elected Albay 3rd District Rep. Raymond Adrian Salceda vowed to push for the modernization of the Albay Electric Cooperative (Aleco), a persistent problem that has hindered the progress of Albay despite its vast renewable energy potential.

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines has renewed its call for local government units to ensure the timely approval of transmission project permits.

Lopez-led First Gen Corp. is planning to order three more liquefied natural gas cargoes for its natural gas power plants in the remaining months of the year, an executive said over the weekend.

Raslag Corp. has signed a shareholders and asset purchase agreement with Singaporean firm Verdant Philippines Alpha Pte. Ltd. to jointly acquire PHESI Holdings Corp., which has a controlling interest in the project company developing wind and battery energy storage systems in Puerto Galera.