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
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International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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