THE SUPREME COURT finally cleared the way for a Meralco-led consortium to build its long-delayed 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Subic, Zambales.
INDOPHIL Resources NL — a key investor in what is potentially the biggest foreign direct investment in the country, the Tampakan gold-copper project — has been formally delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after being acquired by Philippine-based Alsons Group.
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Council) unanimously approved recently the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Atimonan.
A Supreme Court has upheld the validity of an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued by the government in December 2008 to a firm planning to build a P56-billion, 600-megawatt power plant in Subic, Zambales.
A ‘test run’ will be undertaken for the participants of the interruptible load program (ILP) – it being a core solution to the country’s anticipated power supply problems during the summer months.
MANILA – Nickel Asia Corp, the Philippines’ biggest nickel miner by output and sales, is looking to ramp up ore exports this year after record sales in 2014, its chief executive said on Tuesday, as market expectations of a global supply shortfall persist.
MANILA, Philippines – A scheme that would help avert power outages this summer continues to attract more participants.
A 210-MEGAWATT (MW) coal-fired power plant that will provide electricity to key areas of Mindanao is on track for commercial operations, majority owner Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc. (ACR) said in a statement on Friday.
THE JOINT venture (JV) between Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) and New Growth B.V. has proposed to accelerate Quezon coal-fired power plant’s 460-megawatt (MW) expansion to make it available in time for the 2018 dry season.
The ‘nick of time’ enforcement of the new P9.00 kilowatt hour (kWh) permanent price threshold for the secondary cap in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) will likely temper the anticipated spike in electricity rates to be passed on to consumers this February billing month.
The Energy Department has issued a show cause order to Mirae Asia Energy Corp. of South Korea for the delay in the implementation of the 20-megawatt solar power project in Currimao, Ilocos Norte.
Power distributor Manila Electric Co. said it expects to convince locators at economic zones in Cavite managed by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority to participate in the interruptible load program.