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Lotilla urges insurers to maintain coverage for coal plants

Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla on Thursday urged insurance companies to continue providing coverage to coal-fired...

Malampaya drillship to arrive in June, kicking off Phase 4 expansion

MANILA – Drilling operations under Phase 4 of the Malampaya gas-to-power project are set to...

Landers taps Meralco subsidiary for solar projects

MSpectrum, Inc., a wholly owned solar subsidiary of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), has expanded its...

ERC issues show-cause orders to 40 power firms over missing fuel documents

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) identified on Wednesday the power generation companies (GenCos) that failed...

Laguna data center to buy electricity from First Gen

Singapore-based data center platform firm Digital Edge Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Digital Edge) has tapped First...

ERC: Lower spot market prices pull generation rates down

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) reported that generation rates have significantly gone down for the...

Watts next?: Philippines going full throttle in green energy push

MANILA, Philippines — With the Philippines racing toward energy security, the government and private sector...

Campus Talks: Powering sustainable development

MANILA, Philippines — In an archipelagic country like the Philippines, with more than 7,000 islands...

Yuchengco firm eyes solar farm in Capiz

YUCHENGCO-LED PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PERC) has secured approval from the Department of Energy (DoE) to...

Data center power usage seen to grow by 28% to 89 MW

DATA CENTERS are expected to consume approximately 89 megawatts (MW) of electricity this year, driven...