Alternative Energy

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BY JOVEE MARIE DE LA CRUZ, 11 Oct 2021, Manila Times AS prices of traditional fossil fuels hit historic highs this week, the chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday warned against a possible “energy crunch,” or a rise in power and fuel costs.

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BY LENIE LECTURA, 9 Sep 2021 The Department of Energy (DOE) is formally adopting the recommendation of the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) to increase the minimum level of electricity contracted from renewable energy (RE) developers to 2.52 percent from the current 1 percent.

by Danessa Rivera – The Philippine Star, 30 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Southeast Asian region stands to reap $12.5 trillion in economic gains by 2070 if they pursue bold actions to achieve low-emission economies, according to the latest report of global professional services firm Deloitte.

by Danessa Rivera – The Philippine Star, 19 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued guidelines for the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) to allow electricity end-users to contribute to the country’s push to grow renewable energy (RE) capacity and usage.

by Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, 3 Aug 2021 Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) aims to stop by 2033 all lending to coal-fired power projects—which form 45 percent of its current power generation portfolio—and channel more funds to renewable energy projects moving forward.

by Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), 5 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The upcoming elections and land-related permits are seen as stumbling blocks for the development of solar projects, which are the fastest to deploy to boost supply to aid in economic recovery and avert possible brownouts in the grid, according to solar developers.

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by Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star), 2 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The recently declared moratorium on endorsements of new coal power plant projects is seen to guide energy investors into the renewable energy sector, an official of the Department of Energy said.

by Prinz Magtulis (Philstar.com), 27 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration will no longer accept proposals to construct new coal power plants, a dramatic shift in energy policy that counts on declining costs of renewables to attract clean power investments.

by Daniel Pruce (The Philippine Star), 24 Sep 2020 Like the rest of the global economy, the energy sector has been tested by the COVID-19 pandemic, with its unprecedented slow-down challenging traditional growth thinking. It has had to recalibrate to become more efficient and accommodate increasingly frugal investors and consumers. This was also true in…

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By Kris Crismundo, 1 Jul 2020 MANILA – Investors in the renewable energy sector are urged to look into opportunities in the Philippines as the country targets to achieve the 15,304-megawatt (MW) renewable capacity by 2030.

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11 January 2020| Press Release IRENA report findings released alongside the launch of new Sustainable Energy Jobs Platform during 10th Assembly Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 January 2020 – Renewable energy could employ more than 40 million people by 2050 under the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) climate safe energy path, according to a…