MANILA – The Department of Energy on Thursday said that the current situation on electricity has reached crisis proportions.
The Department of Energy (DoE) is maintaining a moratorium on the development of greenfield coal-fired power plants even as most hydropower plants are currently running on derated capacities, resulting in insufficient power supply affecting the main grids.
Power generation companies are liable over unscheduled outages last week that resulted in unforeseen red and yellow alert incidents, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said Thursday it is investigating six generation companies for possible violations of outage allowances.
Amid soar in weather temperatures, demand for electricity in the country had reached its boiling point this week, as the highest demand of 14,016 megawatts on Wednesday (April 24) breached the peak demand projection of the Department of Energy (DOE) for this year.
MANILA – Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara said there are at least 4,164.92 megawatts of new power supply that will come online this year to address the growing electricity demand in the country.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is spearheading the Philippine government’s efforts on negotiating the administrative agreement (AA) that will be signed with the US government to underpin the “123 Agreement’ that was cemented last year for the targeted deployment of nuclear technologies in the country.
More yellow and red alerts are expected in the coming weeks as the country has already exceeded its forecasted demand given the prevailing heat levels amid the El Niño, the Department of Energy (DOE) said Thursday.
The Philippines is not yet ready to use nuclear power plants as the country’s source of energy, Senator Win Gatchalian said Thursday.
MANILA — A United States-backed market research firm recently released a study pinpointing three areas in the Philippines suitable for offshore wind power development.
SAN MANUEL, Pangasinan – An executive of the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) on Wednesday assured continuous supply of electricity to the grid and to the irrigation system amid the ongoing El Niño phenomenon.
Filinvest REIT Corp. (FILRT), the country’s first sustainability-themed real estate investment trust company of Filinvest Group, said Thursday five more of its office buildings switched to renewable energy for their power requirements.