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NGCP sees thin power reserves for majority of 2023

Alvin Elchico, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 03:22 PM

The National Grid Corp of the Philippines on Friday said that there could be thin power reserves or yellow alert in 7 months out of the entire year. Read more »

NGCP: Luzon grid under Yellow Alert on Dec. 1

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 12:09 PM

The Luzon Grid will be under the Yellow Alert on Dec. 1, the National Grid Corp said on Thursday. Read more »

Meralco nagbabala ng posibleng rotational brownout, taas-singil

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 21 09:06 PM

Ito ay kung hindi mapagbigyan ang hirit ng Meralco at dalawang power plant na i-adjust ang kontrata para masalo ang pagtaas ng presyo ng fuel na nagpapatakbo sa mga planta. Read more »

Luzon power grid under ‘yellow alert’ as reserves thin

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Updated as of Jul 05 12:10 PM

The country’s power grid operator has placed the Luzon grid on yellow alert, meaning possible power outages in some areas, as power reserves became thin on Tuesday. 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 »

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 »

ADB boosts 2019 - 2030 climate financing goal to $100B

David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 08:36 AM

The plans, disclosed by ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa in an interview with Reuters, increase a previous $80 billion goal for climate financing for developing countries in Asia for the decade announced in 2018. Read more »

Bank of China pledges to end funding for foreign coal mining and power plants

Echo Xie, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 26 08:44 AM

Bank of China is the first state-owned commercial bank to make such a pledge after President Xi Jinping's recent speech to the UN. The Chinese leader promised the country would stop building overseas coal-fired plants. Read more »

PH aims to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 75% by 2030

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Updated as of Sep 22 09:24 AM

Duterte said a moratorium on the construction of new coal power plants has been issued, as well as a "directive" to explore nuclear-energy options. Read more »

Senate to probe Luzon power supply woes

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 04:20 PM

Lawmakers would look into the recent power outages due to the low supply in the Luzon grid to see if the National Grid Corporation and the country's energy regulators are accountable, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday said. Read more »

Asian Development Bank proposes ending financing for coal-fired power plants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 09:52 PM

MANILA - The Asian Development Bank will stop financing new coal power plants under a draft energy policy released Friday that was cautiously welcomed by environmental groups. Read more »

Mitsubishi firms to engage in Philippine geothermal power generation

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 04 02:28 PM

Two group companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. have won an order for an environmentally friendly binary cycle power generation system to be installed at a geothermal power plant on Luzon island in the Philippines. Read more »

Air pollution from coal-fired PH power plants causing hundreds of deaths per year, says think tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 05:28 AM

Isabela Suarez, analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, said air pollution in the country is a “health crisis in the making.”  Read more »

Green day: Is a ‘greener economy’ within the Philippines’ reach?

Mikael Angelo S. Francisco
Posted at Dec 06 08:39 AM

Mikael Angelo Francisco writes about the overall picture of green jobs (and the transition to a greener economy) in the Philippines as part of the Southeast Asian Climate Journalism Program. He talks about what has been done so far, as well as the challenges that are hindering progress in achieving the goals set by the Green Jobs Act of 2016. Dr. Rene Ofreneo was his main and sole interviewee for this article. Read more »

Toshiba to end coal power plant construction, shift to renewables

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 11 02:43 PM

Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it would stop taking new construction orders for coal-fired power plants as it makes a strategic shift to cleaner, renewable energy.   Read more »

Alsons says pipeline power projects on track to boost pandemic recovery

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 10:22 AM

Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc (ACR) on Friday said pipeline projects remain on track, as it "shares the pain" with stakeholders reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 5, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 03:00 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

DENR urged to penalize polluters

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 03:38 PM

Climate activists join residents of communities affected by pollution from coal-fired power plants as they picket in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City on Thursday, calling on the government to increase efforts in enforcing cleaner air amid reports on unhealthy air quality in the country. Read more »