Toyota to Build Biodiesel Plans in Philippines
PHILIPPINES - The Toyota Tsusho Corp is planning to build a biodiesel plant in the Philippines.

SK Firm to Start Construction of Biomass Plant
PHILIPPINES - A Korean energy company will start the construction of a 30-megawatt (MW) biomass power plant in Palawan next month.

Napocor to Build 42 MW Biomass Plant
PHILIPPINES - The National Power Corp (Napocor) in teh Philippines has signed an agreement with French-based renewable energy company, Enertine, to build a 22MW to 42MW biomass power plant for...

Trans-Asia Oil to Invest $300M in10 Wind Farms
PHILIPPINES - Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp, part of the Philippine company PHINMA, is to spend $300 million on wind power projects.

Philippines Seeks US Investment for Ethanol
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines Government is looking for investment from the US to back non traditional technology to expand ethanol production.

Ethanol Plant for Isabela
PHILIPPINES - Work is expected to start soon on a 54 million litre a year ethanol plant in San Mariano, Isabela.

Biomass Plants Planned for Philippines
PHILIPPINES - A company that specialises in biomass and hydroelectric technology in Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Australia has put forward plans to build 24 biomass plants in the Philippi...

Gin Producers to Shift to Ethanol
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Department of Energy is encouraging gin producers to shift production to ethanol, in a bid to bridge the gap in supply that is anticipated by 2011.

ADB Gives Wind Projects a Boost with $4-M Grant
PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank is providing $3.87 million in technical assistance grants to put up wind power generating systems, which could provide remote communities in Asia access...

RP-Based Brit Firm to Invest in Biomass Power Projects
PHILIPPINES - Filipino-British firm Global Green Power Plc Corp. (GGP) plans to invest up to $1 billion to put up a combined 420 megawatts (MW) of biomass power plant projects within eight years,...

Sugar Producers Form Energy Alliance
PHILIPPINES - Sugar producers in the Philippines have joined together in the Renewable Biomass Energy Alliance to boost energy supply in the Visayas.

Korean Investors for Puerto Princesa Biomass Plant
PHILIPPINES -- A 30MW biomass facility is to build in Puerto Princesa City that will provide clean and environment-friendly energy source in the country's "City within a Forest".

Plans for 100,000 Litre Ethanol Plant
PHILIPPINES - Alsons Consolidated Resources is to build a 100,000 litre a day ethanol plant in Mindanao through its subsidiary Northern Mindanao Biofuels Corp (NMBC).

Go-ahead for Seven Biofuel Plants
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Department of Energy has given the go-ahead to seven new biofuel projects worth P7 billion.

US Investors Look to Filippino Biofuels
PHILIPPINES - A group of US investors is in Davao for trade mission looking at opportunities for investment in biofuel crops, among other sectors.

US SeeksPartnership with RP in Research on Biofuel
PHILIPPINES - Visiting US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said yesterday that the US government is seeking partnership with the Philippines in terms of research on biofuel.

Bipi to Build Ethanol Plant
PHILIPPINES - Biofuels International Philippines Inc. (Bipi) has joined forces with a group of foreign investors to build an ethanol plant in Murcia town in Negros Occidental.

US Firm to Invest up to $12M on Biomass
PHILIPPINES - A US-based clean energy firm plans to invest $4 million to $12 million for a renewable energy power plant using biomass in Luzon.

Producers to Benefit from Rising Ethanol Prices
PHILIPPINES - The rising international price of ethanol is expected to benefit local producers of the biofuel who supply oil companies’ requirements, an industry official said.

Ceramics Company Converts to Biomass
PHILIPPINES - Ceramics manufacturer Mariwasa Siam Ceramics is to convert its existing bunker-fired power plant into a biomass power plant.

Ethanol Plant Planned for Isabela
PHILIPPINES - Plans are being put forward to build a $100 million ethanol plant in San Mariano, Isabela on the Philippines.

Bronzeoak to Invest in Philippines
PHILIPPINES - British bioenergy company Bronzeoak has pledged an investment of P6 billion in the Philippine biofuels industry following a business meeting with President Arroyo in London.

San Carlos Ethanol Plant Opened
PHILIPPINES - The P3 billion (peso) San Carlos Bioenergy Inc (SCBI) ethanol power plant - the first in Southeast Asia - was recently formally opened by Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes.

Philippines Moves Closer to Mandate Target
PHILIPPINES - Ethanol producers in the Philippines have given a guarantee that domestic supply of the biofuel will reach 218 million litres by 2011 - falling just short of the targeted 220 million...

Two New Ethanol Plants Set for Philippines
PHILIPPINES - Two new ethanol plants are to be commissioned in the Roxas province of the Philippines next year.