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
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
