Energy

Associated Press, Jul 10, 2017 HELSINKI — Coal-fired power stations are responsible for the most pollution in Europe, with Britain among the top polluters, the European Union says.

By Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), Jun 9, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines still has much leg room to improve on energy efficiency to fare better in achieving sustainable energy goals, a global indicator listing by the World Bank showed.

By Rey Gamboa (The Philippine Star), Mar 30, 2017 It’s summer, and with it comes the scorching heat – and brownouts. The country’s power supply situation continues to be in such a precarious state, so much so that a power disruption is highly possible if one big power plant in the national grid trips or…

by Erika Fry, Fortune.com, Feb 21, 2017 On the campaign trail, Donald Trump donned a miner’s hat and promised to bring coal jobs back. “Get ready,” he told the embattled industry, “you’re going to work your asses off!” Those pledges helped win over voters in the nation’s Rustbelt, but they ignore America’s new energy reality:…

Feb 16, 2017 2016 was a successful year for clean energy. How will 2017 shape up? I make 5 predictions based on last year’s numbers and trends.

SMC Prez denies link between coal power plant and ailments, but commits to foot the bill By: Jaymee T. Gamil, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 12, 2017 MANILA — Are the health problems of residents in Limay, Bataan caused by ash fall or a spill from a byproduct storage facility being used by the San Miguel…

By Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), December 27, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Shockwaves were felt in the energy sector in 2016, from the change in leadership to various controversies. At the start of the year, solar players were scrambling to beat the March 15 deadline to qualify for the second round of feed-in tariff (FIT-2)…

By: Jigger Jerusalem – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer, November 28, 2016 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY— Electric cooperatives in Mindanao are calling on the government to retain ownership of two major sources of cheap electricity in the island—the Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric plants in the provinces of Lanao and Bukidnon.

Coal and gas will begin their terminal decline in less than a decade, according to a new BNEF analysis. by Tom Randall, tsrandall, June 13, 2016, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-13/we-ve-almost-reached-peak-fossil-fuels-for-electricity The way we get electricity is about to change dramatically, as the era of ever-expanding demand for fossil fuels comes to an end—in less than a decade. That’s…

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing to impose stricter standards on coal-fired power plants to contribute to climate change mitigation programs and the country’s commitment to lessen carbon emissions.

by the Philippine Star, Jul 9, 2015 Read here.

If you have been watching the business news channels on cable you couldn’t have missed the excitement over softening international oil prices. The same message was reinforced by energy expert Daniel Yergin, whose well attended lecture at the Makati Shang last Tuesday examined the future of energy.

MANILA, Philippines – The solid pace of the country’s economic growth is at risk from the critical energy supply, a global energy expert said in a forum organized by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – Economic growth is adding pressure for the grant of emergency powers to President Aquino to address a looming power crisis, Energy Secretary Carlos Petilla said yesterday.

The year 2013 had been a busy year for the energy sector as it had to deal with the perennial problem of tight energy supply. Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla, indeed, had quite a hectic year with the Mindanao power crisis, the spiraling oil prices, the tight supply in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the power…

The electrical grid is notoriously slow to change. Since the days when Thomas Edison debated the merits of A/C versus D/C power transmission, the biggest debates in electrical generation have been about whether to use natural gas or coal for power. But that’s all changing as the cost of traditional energy sources rises, and that…

MANILA, Philippines – Uncertainties will still relentlessly hound the energy sector in 2011, according to energy experts. Foremost in the industry’s incertitude is the the fact that its captain, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, has yet to fully assume command with his confirmation still pending with the Commission on Appointments in Congress.