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Short of Russian gas, Austria to reopen coal power station

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 08:38 AM

Austria's government announced that it would reopen a mothballed coal power station because of power shortages arising from reduced deliveries of gas from Russia. Read more »

Top energy producer Australia braces for blackouts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 02:58 PM

Australians were warned to expect blackouts across the east coast, as an energy crisis gripped one of the world's biggest coal and gas producers. Read more »

Marcos says PH 'needs to look' at sustainable energy: Danish envoy

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 04:08 PM

President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. underscored the 'need to look' at renewable energy in a meeting with Denmark's ambassador. Read more »

Singil sa kuryente nagbabadyang tumaas pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 07:25 PM

Nanganganib na lalo pang tumaas ang singil sa kuryente bunsod ng patuloy na pagsirit ng presyo ng langis. Read more »

DOE: Long way to go before Bataan nuclear plant revival

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 06:37 PM

'Mahabang proseso po yan. That safety will be attained when we put up the nuclear power plant,' a DOE exec said. Read more »

Ilang taga-Bataan nagprotesta laban sa 2 coal plants

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 12:56 PM

Nagprotesta ang ilang taga-Bataan sa DENR office sa Quezon City laban sa operasyon ng dalawang coal plants sa bayan ng Limay. Read more »

Green advocates demand reparations from World Bank's IFC, RCBC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 10:48 AM

Environmental advocates have held a coordinated protest to demand climate reparations and immediate action from IFC and RCBC. Read more »

'World faces food crisis due to Ukraine war'

Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters
Posted at Mar 14 06:39 PM

A global food crisis is said to be looming unless the war in Ukraine is stopped because fertilizer prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can no longer afford them. Read more »

US Supreme Court to hear high-stakes environmental case

Charlotte Plantive, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 09:51 AM

The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is to hear an environmental regulation case on Monday with potentially far-reaching implications for the Biden administration's fight against climate change. Read more »

Here's why PH needs to prioritize energy transition

BrandNews
Posted at Feb 07 09:17 AM

Shifting faster from fossil fuels to renewable energy can save vulnerable communities from the catastrophic effects of climate change. Read more »

[OPINION] Base loads and brownouts

Dean Dela Paz
Posted at Feb 03 12:08 AM

The Luzon grid has been experiencing a series of yellow alerts. The undersupply of power not only reveals gross base load inadequacies and energy mismanagement, but also long term ineptitude. Read more »

Anti-debt group pushes for green energy financing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 02:37 PM

Manila policemen disperse members of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development and its partner organizations who held a flash mobilization at the Fil-Chinese Friendship Arch in Binondo, Manila on Sunday. Read more »

Renewables to improve PH energy security, affordability

BrandNews
Posted at Jan 20 09:00 AM

Renewables can improve the country's energy security, lower electricity rates, and generate more jobs locally. Read more »

PCCI urges government deals for coal, more renewables

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 05:33 PM

PCCI also called the development of alternative sources of power supply, specifically solar and biomass. Read more »

Indonesia relaxes export ban to allow 37 coal vessels to depart

Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 01:12 PM

The 37 vessels included 14 ships whose clearance was announced earlier in the week, but it was not immediately known how much coal the vessels carried. Read more »

Indonesia awaiting coal supply assurance before ending export ban

Bernadette Christina and Fransiska Nangoy, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 06:48 PM

Indonesia's government is waiting for the state utility firm to declare that it has secured enough coal before it can decide to end an export ban. Read more »

Indonesia mulls coal levy as it eases export ban

Bernadette Christina, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 06:05 PM

Chinese thermal coal futures fell on Tuesday after Indonesia, the world's biggest thermal coal exporter, eased a ban on overseas shipments. Read more »

PH urges Indonesia to lift coal export ban

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 10 01:50 PM

Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has appealed to Indonesia to lift its coal export ban, saying the policy will be detrimental to economies heavily reliant on the fuel. Read more »

Indonesia warns coal crunch not over as China prices rally

Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 04 09:04 PM

Indonesia's coal supply situation remains critical, the state utility said, following the country's ban on exports that drove up prices in top customer China. Read more »

Why is electricity in PH expensive and unreliable?

BrandNews
Updated as of Dec 27 04:55 PM

Despite regular power outages and high prices of electricity, why does coal remain the lead source of energy in the country? Read more »