The Department of Energy said interest in renewable energy projects remain strong, as it pointed to as much as 50 proposals awaiting its approval. Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said these “40 to 50” contracts include solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal and other green power projects.
The government has approved more than 200 contracts since the Renewable Energy Act was signed into law in December 2008.
Once these projects are put up they would generate over 4,400 megawatts of clean and indigenous
power.
This volume of electricity is more than enough to supply the present demand from the Visayas and Mindano, which are both suffering from power shortages.
Energy Secretary Jose Ibazeta said the renewable energy industry would continue to expand especially in areas not connected to the country’s power grid.
To facilitate investments in renewable energy projects in off-grid areas, the energy department has conducted studies on feed-in-tariff (FIT), a structured rate for proponents that would guarantee their returns over a set period.
“We’re looking at the rules and on how it can work because it will have a long lasting effect on the rates itself. That’s what we’re doing now. Thus, if it cannot be finished and yet started, then I think the new energy secretary should continue focusing on the Renewable Energy Act,” Ibazeta said.
The National Renewable Energy Board has already sent its proposal for the FIT rules to the Energy Regulatory Commission. The tariff incentive is scheduled for implementation within the year. –EUAN PAULO C. AÑONUEVO REPORTER, Manila Times
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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