(First of two parts) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appears intent on getting the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) going before he steps down in June 2028, in what critics say could be yet another project to airbrush his father’s legacy. The nuclear power plant in the province of Bataan west of Manila was built in 1984 amid issues of...
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Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. —PHOTO COURTESY OF DR. CARLO ARCILLA/PNRI
Nuclear power: Rehab of Bataan plant pushed in big way
(First of two parts) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appears intent on getting the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) going...
Entrance to controversial power plant in Bataan —PHOTO COURTESY OF DR. CARLO ARCILLA/PNRI
Nuclear power: Energy agency wants objective study by independent party
(Last of two parts) President Marcos Jr. is all for the idea of reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP),...
SEOCs turnover ceremony with Blueleaf Energy CEO Raghuram Natarajan (seventh, from left), SunAsia CEO and President Tetchi Capellan (sixth), Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla (fourth), Australian Ambassador HK Yu PSM (fifth), Singaporean Ambassador Gerard Ho Wei Hong (third), Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Christopher Lim (left), and Laguna Lake Development Authority General Manager Senando Santiago (second).
Contract awarded for world’s largest floating solar project
The government has awarded to SunAsia Energy Inc. and Blueleaf Energy the contract to build and operate the world’s largest...
At the launch, seated, from left: Secretary Frederick Go, Office of the Presidential Adviser on Investments and Economic Affairs; Secretary Alfredo Pascual, Department of Trade and Industry; President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., Department of the Interior and Local Government; Secretary Ernesto Perez, Anti-Red Tape Authority. Standing, from left: Rogelio Quevedo, Government Corporate Counsel, Department of Justice; Blueleaf CEO Raghuram Natarajan; SunAsia president and CEO Maria Theresa Capellan; Macquarie Capital senior managing director Oliver Lewis; SunAsia board vice chair Noel Cariño; Blueleaf COO Amiram Roth-Deblon.
‘Green lanes’ directive seen to speed up $1.2-B floating solar project
SunAsia Energy Inc. and its partner and investor Blueleaf Macquarie Capital have been recognized as the first beneficiary of President...
Power grid operator NGCP billed consumers P2.6B worth of CSR, PR expenses
As the sole public utility in charge of power transmission lines, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is...
Power transmission monopoly NGCP questions rate review amid calls for refund
(First of two parts) The Supreme Court petition filed by National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to halt a...
NGCP told to ‘practice discipline’ to protect consumers
(Second of two parts) In its preliminary review, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) disallowed the expenses of National Grid Corporation...
Albay was able to get P84 billion in pledges, an amount necessary as it eyes solar and wind farms generating 1,250 megawatts of electricity, at the end of the Albay Renewable Energy and Investment Summit held at Oriental Hotel in Legazpi City. —PHOTOS BY REY ANTHONY OSTRIA
Albay aims for 100% renewable energy in 2050
GUINOBATAN, Albay—Crizel Joyz Amano, 22, is back in town after signing up at a review center in Manila in preparation...