THE Department of Energy (DoE) has cleared 13 power developers to have their projects assessed for their impact on the electricity grid, the country’s power transmission backbone. If the projects move to full completion and commercial operation, they will add at least 2,000 megawatts (MW) to the country’s installed capacity. Of the projects cleared from…
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Ayala power unit eyes Vietnam in regional push
AC Energy is studying investment opportunities in Vietnam after gaining a foothold in Indonesia, as it aims to become a regional player in renewable energy, its president said Wednesday. The Ayala Corp power unit will operate its wind farm in South Sulawesi, the first facility of its kind in Indonesia, by the first quarter of…
Filipino, Chinese firms launch wind and solar power plants
Filipino and Chinese companies launched here on Thursday $43 million in wind and solar energy projects that will be built in the northern Philippines. Energy Logics Philippines Inc and Qingdao Hengshun Zhongsheng Group Co, will build a 132-megawatt plant in Burgos and a 100-megawatt facility in Pasuquin, both in Ilocos Norte. “[It is] the biggest…
AC Energy subsidiary hikes ownership in NorthWind to 68%
AC Energy Holdings Inc., through its unit Presage Corp. (Presage), has increased its stake in NorthWind Power Corp. (NorthWind) to 67.79 percent. “AC Energy Holdings Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Presage Corp., acquired an additional 17.79-percent stake in NorthWind Power Development Corp., increasing AC Energy’s effective ownership interest in NorthWind from 50 percent to…
New projects to deliver 6,000 MW of capacity
NEW power projects with a combined capacity of 6,161 megawatts (MW) are expected to come on-stream between this year and 2020, latest data from the Department of Energy (DoE) showed. Of the committed capacity, as tallied by the DoE as of Sept. 30, more than 60% or 4,001 MW will be in Luzon. Mindanao will…
Trans-Asia plans expansion of Guimaras wind farm
TRANS-ASIA Renewable Energy Corp. (TAREC) plans to expand its wind farm project on Guimaras Island by 40 megawatts (MW) as soon as the Energy department releases a new installation target for wind energy, a company official said. “We have an expansion within Guimaras,” Danilo L. Panes, TAREC vice-president, told reporters on Friday as the company…
Govt set to limit renewable energy plants per power grid
The Energy Department may limit the exposure of renewable energy sources in areas where there are transmission line constraints, an official said over the weekend. Energy assistant director Mario Marasigan told reporters at the sidelines of the recently-concluded Solar Summit the department was trying to avoid duplicating the situation in Negros island where there was…
AC Energy to double generation capacity by 2020
AC Energy Holdings Inc., the investment arm of the Ayala Group for the power sector, is eyeing to double its generating capacity by 2020 as it nears its 1,000-megawatt (MW) capacity target this year, according to its top official. The company is now setting a 2,000-MW goal in the next four years, a “next natural…
DOE speeds up processing of RE project applications
THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) has issued revised guidelines for the processing of applications, amendments and termination of renewable energy service or operating contracts that set the number of days for its staff to act on an applicant’s proposed project. Department Order 2016-06-0010, signed by former DoE Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada on June 24, 2016,…
DOE Chief to review energy mix targets
NEW Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi expects to open his term of office reviewing the target energy mix set by the previous government of 30% each generated from coal, natural gas and renewables, as well as 10% from fuel oil. Whatever the outcome of the review, Mr. Cusi was quoted by Reuters as saying that…
Bronzeoak has P6 B renewable energy developments in Negros
Bronzeoak Philippines Inc. is working on roughly P6 billion worth of renewable energy projects in Negros Island. The company has two ongoing RE developments – the 20-megawatt (MW) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental under San Carlos Biopower Inc. and a 9.9-MW wind farm in Bais City, Negros Oriental. The project cost for the biomass plant amounts…
List of coverage of draft RPS rules
The DOE, in its draft RPS rules, listed nine renewable energy technologies from which mandated participants can choose from: biomass, waste-to-energy, wind, solar, run-of-river hydropower, impounding hydropower, ocean energy, hybrid systems, and geothermal. The department qualified that it may later identify other technologies for inclusion upon the recommendation of the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB). Aside from…
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