Energy & Mining
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...
ACEN set to announce more overseas RE projects
ACEN Corp. continues to expand its portfolio of renewable energy (RE) projects abroad with plans for more such projects in six to nine months...
‘It’s more expensive buying existing facilities than build new power plants’
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) would rather restart the development of aborted power projects than acquire existing facilities which are sold at prohibitive prices.
“We...
