Philippines

Experimental gas supply has been provided to Bangladesh's national grid.

Meralco hopes to construct 2,500 to 3,000 megawatts of diversified power generation portfolio to meet its supply over the medium term.

Sagittarius Mines, Inc. and Alsons Energy Development Corporation wil conduct a joint feasibility study for the possible development by AEDC of a coal-fired power station.

A power supply agreement between Socoteco II and the upcoming 100MW Sarangani coal plant has been approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission.

NGCP will spend more than P1.1 billion will be allocated to upgrade its Kalayaan-Bay 230-kiloVolt transmission line in South Luzon.

The Philippines’ largest power distributor and a Japanese firm intend to build one of the largest liquefied natural gas power plants in the Philippines.

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

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

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

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

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.

 

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

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.

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