By Victor V. Saulon | BusinessWorld   MERALCO POWERGEN Corp. (MGen) is venturing into a floating solar energy installation in Laguna Lake, which its president said is a cheaper option for its renewables subsidiary than land-based solar farms. “We are in the process of...

By JORDEENE B. LAGARE |Manila Times   THE Manila Electric Co. ( Meralco), through its renewable energy ( RE) arm, plans to build a floating solar project on Laguna Lake, according to an official. In an interview on Tuesday, Meralco PowerGen Corp. ( MGen)...

By Joe R. Zaldarriaga | Daily Tribune   This new technology called supercritical simply means that its efficiency level is higher than that of standard coal plants currently producing power all over the country. Just this week, no less than the President of the...

By Argyll Cyrus Geducos | Manila Bulletin   President Duterte reminded power operators of their objective to provide the public affordable energy and protect the environment and the welfare of their host communities. Duterte made the statement as he led the switch-on...

By MJ Blancaflor | Manila Standard   President Rodrigo Duterte has urged power operators to provide affordable energy and protect the environment, as he asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Energy to monitor the compliance of...

By Joann Villanueva | Philippine News Agency   MAUBAN, QUEZON -- The Philippine government has adopted a technology-neutral policy to entice more generation companies to put up power plants and help ensure power sustainability and boost growth. In his speech during...

By Victor V. Saulon | BusinessWorld   COAL TECHNOLOGY is getting cleaner and remains the most cost-efficient choice under current government policy on power generation, which is “technology neutral,” the head of a major power generating firm said. Rogelio L....

By Danessa Rivera | The Philippine Star   MANILA, Philippines — The joint venture of Meralco Powergen Corp. (MGen) and Thailand’s Electricity Generating Public Co. Ltd. (EGCO) has switched on its 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Quezon. The plant is touted...

By Alena Mae S. Flores | Manila Standard   Mauban, Quezon―San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. on Tuesday inaugurated a P56.2-billion supercritical coal-fired power plant here to provide 500 megawatts of additional supply to the Luzon grid. The country’s first and...

By Myrna M. Velasco | Manila Bulletin   MAUBAN, Quezon – At this time when Luzon grid has been experiencing fresh round of supply tightness, the switch-on and official market debut of the P56.2 billion San Buenaventura Power Co. Ltd. (SBPL) coal-fired generating...