Philippines

Philippines' San Miguel to invest more in power sector

San Miguel Corp. will acquire more hydropower plants and is pondering a possible foray into renewable energy development.

Philippines' San Miguel to invest more in power sector

San Miguel Corp. will acquire more hydropower plants and is pondering a possible foray into renewable energy development.

Meralco PowerGen eyes 650MW thermal power plant

Meralco PowerGen Corp plans to acquire the 650MW Malaya thermal power plant in Rizal province, the Philippines.

Philippines approves $0.23 per kWh FiT for solar installations

The Philippines’ Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a US$0.23 per kWh initial feed-in tariff rate for all solar installations.

Philippine grid firm reinforcing Visayas network

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines is similarly lining up projects that will reinforce its Visayas networks.

Biomass power plant to rise in Mindanao

The renewable energy unit of Eastern Petroleum Corporation will be investing up to $108 million for a two-phased biomass power plant project in Agusan del Norte, Mindanao.

NGCP Pursuing P986-M Uprating Projects

Concessionaire National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will be coughing up an

Butuan attracts foreign investments in power projects

Butuan, the gateway to the CARAGA region, will host three huge foreign investments in hydro solar, biomass power projects and a commercial establishment by Robinsons, which would be the biggest in Mindanao.

Philippines' Aboitiz to boost generation by 200MW

Aboitiz Power will increase its electricity generation portfolio with a greenfield 200-megawatt power facility in the Visayas.

Philippines' TeaM Energy shortlists contractors for coal-fired plant expansion

TeaM Energy now has six firms as prospective boiler supplier; and another six for the turbine  the 400-megawatt expansion of the Pagbilao coal-fired plant.

Philippine coal plant project gets opposed

An environmental group is opposing the proposal to construct two coal-fired power plants in Negros Occidental.

Philippines' Visayas region needs additional supply by 2015

The Visayas grid will need additional power plants to cope with increasing electricity demands in the next three years.

Alsons to put up 8 hydro, 2 coal-fired plants is southern Philippines

Eight hydroelectric power plants will be put up by Alsons Energy in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

Philippine cement firm to get power from Masinloc coal-fired plant

Cement firm Lafarge Republic Inc. announced its decision to ink a power supply deal with Masinloc Power

Four groups bid for Philippine power barges

Four groups are eyeing to acquire the four diesel-fired power barges being auctioned in the Philippines.

Philippine firm to build two hydropower plants

Oriental Energy and Power Generation Corporation will invest some US$95 million to build two hydropower projects in the southern regions of the Philippines.

Leading Philippine power producer to build more hydro plants

Clean energy company First Gen Corporation intends to build two hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 600 megawatts.