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BULACANSOL, GREENEARTH HERITAGE FOUNDATION PARTNER FOR TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY
Some volunteers and partners from San Miguel, Bulacan during the tree planting activity held last July 27 at Greenearth Heritage Foundation plantation site. As part of its commitment to contribute to environmental protection, BulacanSol partnered with Greenearth...
PH Renewables grants a livelihood starter kit for the benefit of former rebels
EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LIVELIHOOD. Balai Café Enterprise members with PHRI representatives led by Site Head Engr. RJ Rivera and CSR Luzon Head Jason Gavina, and AFP Lt. Col. Erwin Commendador. Balai Café is located at Sitio Galaxy, Barangay Pinugay, Baras, Rizal which is...
PH Renewables secures Php 2.65B loan facility for its 75 MW solar project
(From L-R) Mr. Raoul Santos, RCBC -Trust Group SVP; Mr. Jose Luis Gomez, RCBC Capital President and CEO; Ms. Elizabeth Coronel, RCBC EVP and Corporate Banking Group Head; Mr. Eugene Acevedo RCBC President and CEO; Mr. Jaime Azurin MGEN President and CEO; Mr....
MGreen and Vena Energy commemorate the development in Ilocos Norte solar project
Time Capsule Laying: (Left to Right) Currimao Mayor Edward Quilala; Vena Energy Business Development General Manager Mia Jarumayan; Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc; Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Cecilia Araneta-Marcos; Samrinder Nehria, Head of Vena Energy...
Atimonan One Energy wins Excellence Awards in 19th Quill Awards
Members of Atimonan Coastal Food Producers Cooperative preparing Aplaya Spanish Sardines Dr. Richard Argullla, Municipal Heath Officer of Atimonan, Quezon during his Kaisa sa Kalusugan radio interview about the COVID-19 situation in the municipality. Atimonan...
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MGen gets OK to resume work on Bulacan solar power project
By Lenie Lectura |Business Mirror The Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has been cleared by the local government to partially resume work on its P4.25-billion solar power project in Bulacan. “We have been given partial authority to restart work there because we...
Meralco commits to develop solar projects by 2020
By Alena Mae S. Flores | Manila Standard Manila Electric Co. through power unit Meralco PowerGen Corp. has committed to develop 224 megawatts of solar power facilities by 2020. “Recognizing the role of renewable energy in the overall dispatch, its inevitability...
Meralco to begin work on Bulacan solar plant shortly
By Alena Mae S. Flores | Manila Standard PowerSource First Bulacan Solar Inc., a consortium composed of Meralco PowerGen Corp. and its partners, plans to start construction of a 50-megawatt solar power project in San Miguel, Bulacan this month. “We had to wait...
Meralco’s revised CSP rules spark interest of top firms
By Lenie Lectura | Business Mirror The Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) revised bidding rules for the second round of the competitive selection process (CSP) for 1,200-megawatt (MW) capacity sparked the interest of conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and Ayala...
Coal to keep big share in Asean’s power-generation mix
By: Ronnel W. Domingo | Philippine Daily Inquirer Adoption of cleaner technologies for coal-fired power plants is vital for Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines considering that this fossil fuel will continue to cover a significant part of the...
‘PH’s power plant technology on par with other countries’
By Panay News TAIPEI – The Philippines is not behind in terms of adopting the latest technology for power plants, an official of a power station here said. Linkou Power Deputy Plant general manager Ru-Chin Chou said the Philippines is not far behind Taiwan,...
Meralco PowerGen still keen on pioneering USC coal plant in PH
By Myrna Velasco | Manila Bulletin TAIPEI, Taiwan With twin benefits of higher efficiency in electricity generation and significant reduction in carbon emissions, the power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) indicated that it is still keen on...
Meralco pushes for high efficiency, low emission plant
By JORDEENE B. LAGARE | Manila Times TAIPEI, Taiwan: The Manila Electric Co. ( Meralco) is pioneering the utilization of high efficiency, low emission ( HELE) technology in the Philippines, its officials said. Meralco is making the push through its power...
Meralco vouches for new coal technology
By Jed Macapagal | Malaya Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and its power generation subsidiary Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) are hopeful the Philippines will be amenable to the entry of more high efficiency, low emission (HELE) coal-fired power plants. The...
Brownout-free power seen requiring diversified sources, latest coal tech
By Victor Saulon | BusinessWorld THE Philippines should diversify and modernize its sources of electricity to achieve the kind of uninterrupted power supply Taiwan has attained, according to officials of power generation companies from the Philippines and...