THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said its project lineup for the Philippines includes a geothermal derisking facility, public financial management enhancements, and capital market development, with some of the financing potentially approved by year’s end or early next year.

SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet Inc. asked the Energy Regulatory Commission for approval to build a P178-million dedicated facility connecting its 40-megawatt battery energy storage system at the 104.55-megawatt Ambuklao hydroelectric power plant in Benguet to the Luzon grid.

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved two energy firms’ construction of facilities connecting their solar projects to the national grid.

Oakridge Realty Development Corporation (ORDC) and First Gen have expanded their renewable energy partnership with agreements covering a combined 1.053 megawatt-peak of rooftop solar capacity across two developments in Mandaue City.

MANILA – Regulatory approvals for the commissioning of battery energy storage systems (BESS), intended to help boost power capacity in the Visayas, will be issued immediately once applications are submitted.

THE power industry’s regulatory body said it has “exhausted all possible legal ways” to bring down electricity rates. Its only remaining options are to extend the no-disconnection policy and order staggered payments.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Senator Erwin Tulfo, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, said does not favor reviving the mothballed 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and the Philippines should build new nuclear plants instead.

The House of Representatives has concluded the sponsorship and debate on the Department of Energy’s proposed PHP 5.58-billion budget for 2027, which lawmakers framed around energy resilience, climate risks, power-sector programs, and expanded electric vehicle initiatives.

CEBU CITY—First Gen Corp. is adding 13.5 megawatts (MW) to the capacity of its more than four-decade-old Palinpinon-1 geothermal power plant in Negros Oriental as it moves to modernize its renewable-energy portfolio and extract more electricity from its existing geothermal resource.

MANILA – Nuclear power could provide a long-term solution to the country’s energy crisis, a Department of Science and Technology (DOST) fellow said Thursday.