MANILA – Citing the importance of ensuring a stable power supply to attract more investments, the chief of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) on Wednesday expressed confidence that more opportunities would follow the signing of a pact for an PHP8.2 billion energy project.

Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NORECO II) and Philsouth Green Energy Corporation (PGEN) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a proposed 20.193-megawatt-peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic facility with a 35-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental.

Ahunan Power and Prime Infra Foundation are expanding digital access in 12 public schools in Pakil, Laguna, through a partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) that will provide Starlink satellite internet and three years of subscription support.

The Department of Energy has issued a draft circular setting out guidelines for the P10-billion Philippine Geothermal Resource Derisking Facility (PGRDF).

The Department of Energy (DOE) said it will issue a new circular this week, prompting a new coal bid round.

The Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday said it sent termination letters, including a demand for P24 billion, to Solar Philippines Inc., the renewable energy firm founded by Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste, in connection with its renewable energy contracts.

MANILA – Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said officials will review electricity prices to determine whether generation companies, or gencos, have made pricing errors amid the impact of current oil and power market conditions.

CEBU CITY–Electricity prices in the Visayas could fall by nearly 54 percent under the regional application of the Secondary Price Cap (SPC), as the Department of Energy (DOE) moves to stabilize the grid following the return of several generating units.

NextGen Energy Corp. said its subsidiary, Airstream Renewables Corp. (ARC), voluntarily relinquished its rights to develop the Asisan and Sambong wind farm projects.

Trinasolar, one of the world’s largest PV and energy storage solutions provider, has supplied 35,350 high-power solar modules for PetroGreen Energy Corporation’s 25-megawatt-peak (MWp) Bugallon Solar Power Plant in Pangasinan, as the equipment supplier expands its utility-scale solar footprint in the Philippines.