Energy & Mining
DOE rules out normal power before June this year
Electrical power moving through transmission lines should remain below comfortable levels until around June this year when the Ilijan natural gas-fired power plant comes...
MPower strengthens renewable energy program
MPower, the local retail electricity supplier unit of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), will be adding more renewable energy (RE) sources in its supply portfolio...
Unscheduled power outages send Luzon Grid on red alert
Several power plants in the Luzon Grid went on unscheduled outages and deratings Wednesday and forced the government to issue a red alert notice...
‘Nuclear power generation better in the hands of cooperatives, not capitalists’
The operation of small modular reactors (SMR) using nuclear energy in off-grid areas should be given to cooperatives to maximize its benefits, according to...
Japan’s JGC Group gets to build the 20-MW Bataan solar project
Renewable energy firm Alternergy Holdings Corp. has awarded the construction of the 20-megawatt Solana solar power project in Hermosa, Bataan to the Philippine unit...
