Senate Committee on Energy Chair Erwin Tulfo has filed Senate Resolution No. 535 seeking an investigation into recurring electricity bill increases and other complaints affecting power consumers.
Vena Energy said Monday it achieved financial close on the 500-megawatt-peak Ixus Bugallon Solar Power Project in Bugallon, Pangasinan, securing $310 million in debt financing from a syndicate of eight international banks.
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) may pursue legal action against the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) following the rejection of its bid to partner with the nonprofit distribution utility, which favored a competing offer from Ignite Power.
A proposed 131.789-megawatt-peak (MWp) floating solar power project in Laguna has advanced to the environmental review stage, moving another utility-scale renewable energy development closer to construction as the Philippines expands its pipeline of floating solar projects.
Ignite Power & Energy Corp., a joint venture between businessman Enrique Razon Jr.’s Primelectric Holdings Inc. and former Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s MP Holdings Inc., said member-consumer-owners of South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO II) have thrown their support behind its proposed joint venture agreement with the cooperative, but the deal still requires majority approval before…
ACEN Corp. is developing a nearly one gigawatt (GW) renewable energy (RE) hub in Zambales, utilizing solar and battery storage projects.
Pangasinan 2nd District Representative Congressman Mark O. Cojuangco, a leading advocate for nuclear energy and author of the Philippine Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (PhilAtom) Bill, engaged in a series of discussions with government and industry representatives at the Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) Delegation in the United States.
International solar developer ib vogt has commenced commercial electricity generation at its 99 MWp Tantangan Solar Power Plant in South Cotabato, Philippines, less than one year after the project’s groundbreaking ceremony.
HE GOVERNMENT is planning to offer more than 2,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity in the seventh green energy auction (GEA-7) round for solar and hydropower projects situated in Mindanao.
The planned auction for the Semirara coal mine will be moved to either August or September this year to update bidding terms in response to policy changes in Indonesia.