Philippine

Hydropower Plant

Philippines Unveils Latest Round of Renewables Bidding

The Philippines’ Department of Energy has kicked off the start of its third round of bidding to further accelerate the development of renewables in the country…

Wave Energy

Philippines’ ERC Denies Feed-in-Tariff for Ocean Energy

The Energy Regulatory Commission of the Philippines has denied the petition filed by the National Renewable Energy Board for Feed-in-Tariff for electricity gene…

Floating Solar Project

SNAP to Scale up Floating Solar Portfolio

SN Aboitiz Power Group – the joint venture of SN Power of Norway and Aboitiz Power Corp.—is looking to scale up its floating solar portfolio after its pilot p…

Geothermal Power Plant

Mitsubishi Power to Upgrade Geothermal Plant in the Philippines

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received an order for the facility upgrading of the Makban Geothermal Power Plant…

Oil&Gas Drilling

PNOC, CNOOC to Start South China Sea Joint Venture by 2021

The Philippine National Oil Company has agreed to start an energy exploration venture with the China National Offshore Oil Corp in the South China Sea by 2021.

LNG

New Fortress Energy Signs MOU with Philippine National Oil Company

"The memorandum will enable cleaner, more affordable and more reliable energy for the people of the Philippines," said Wes Edens, CEO and Chairman of NFE.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Philippines Lifts Ban On Oil Exploration In South China Sea

The Philippines is lifting a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea that could lead to the Philippines and China potentially creating a jo…

Nuclear Power Plant

Philippines Considers Reviving Bataan Nuclear Power Project

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on 1 October ordered energy authorities to study the possible use of the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant and to cons…

Oil Field

Shell Looks to Sell off Stake in Philippines Gas Field

Shell is looking to sell its 45pc stake in the Philippines' Malampaya gas field, almost a year after fellow major Chevron sold off its own stake in the field.

Power Construction

Philippines' Power Consumption to Contract by 5.9% by End-2020

Slowdown in economic activity and the pandemic to weigh on the power and renewables sector.

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Storage Systems Pushed on Massive RE Installations

The Philippine energy planners will be pushing for battery energy storage systems as key support technology for the targeted mammoth renewable energy installati…

Solar Power Plant

Citicore Plans Solar Projects to Turn Out 1,500MW

Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation, subsidiary of Filipino firm Citicore Power, targets to ramp up its solar farm developments for an aggregate capacity that…

Philippines

Shell Unit Shuts Philippine Refinery as Ppandemic Slashes Margins

The Philippine unit of Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it will permanently shut one of the country’s two oil refineries, blaming a pandemic-led slump in marg…

Nuclear Policy

Philippines Plans National Nuclear Energy Policy

It could either build new plants or rehabilitate the 621MW Bataan project.

Geothermal Power Plant

Philippines DOE Sees two Renewables Contracts Applications for Geothermal Projects

The proposed geothermal service contracts are for exploration and developments at the Palayan Binary geothermal power plant.