Energy & Mining
New owners rehabilitate 350-MW thermal plant in Rizal
The proposed rehabilitation of the Malaya thermal power plant in Pililla, Rizal is scheduled for public scoping on Thursday this week, according to documents filed at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Environmental Management Bureau (EMB).
PPA repurposing ports to accommodate OSW projects
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), at the urging of the Department of Energy, has started the engineering design and other plans needed to repurpose priority ports into units capable of handling offshore wind energy projects.
Dimalanta suspension exposes electric cooperatives to more expensive power rates
Impaired operations at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) resulting from the suspension of a key official leave a number of electric cooperatives exposed to higher power rates obtained at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM).
First Gen awards LNG contract to Shell
First Gen Corp. has awarded its most recent liquefied natural gas tender notice to Shell Eastern LNG.
Vivant unit divests 32.24 percent take in solar firm Buskowitz Energy to Singapore firm Aurora
Vivant Corp. said Thursday its wholly-owned subsidiary of its unit Vivant Energy Corp. is selling its 32.26 percent stake in Buskowitz Energy Inc., a solar development, engineering, procurement and construction company.
