Energy & Mining
Local firms urging govt. to give focus on hybrid RE, new-gen RE tech
Local companies urge the government to consider in future green energy auction programs (GEAP) hybrid power systems and their ability to create more reliable...
ERC suspends permit allowing NGCP to charge distribution utilities 3% franchise tax
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has suspended its decision allowing the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to charge the various distribution utilities...
Nickel Asia eyes commercial Biliran geothermal plant operations late this year
Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) projects generating an initial 2-megawatt (MW) output from its geothermal power project in Biliran province near Leyte as early as...
Power rates decline further in August; Meralco consumers to pay lower rates in September
Customers of Manila Electric Co., the country’s largest power distributor, will see another reduction in their electricity bills in September after a reduction of...
ACEN leases 800 hectares in Laguna Lake to build large-scale floating solar farm
ACEN Corp., the renewable energy arm of the Ayala Group, said Wednesday one of its units signed an agreement with the Laguna Lake Development...
