Company Eyes Biomass Plant in Negros Occidental
PHILIPPINES - A power company is interested in building a biomass power plant in Negros Occidental, a move welcomed by Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. amid the province’s worsening power shorta...

Singapore Eyes RP Sorghum Biofuel Feedstock
PHILIPPINES - A Singaporean company is eyeing a supply of 1,000 metric tons (MT) per day of sweet sorghum biofuel (ethanol) feedstock from the Philippines which may require a plantation of 4,090...

Korean Firm to Invest $40M in Solar Power Facility
PHILIPPINES - Korean firm Youil Renewable Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of Youil Ensys Corporation, is eyeing to cough up an initial investment of $40 million (roughly P1.8 billion) for a...

Japanese Biodiesel Firm Sets Fund-raising Abroad
JAPAN - A Japanese biodiesel developer will debut at the London Stock Exchange this quarter to raise funds for its operations in the Philippines.

ADB to Help Alternergy Philippine for Wind Projects
PHILIPPINES - Alterenergy Philippine Holdings Corporation (APHC)has called on the Asian Development Bank for tecnical assistance payments to partly finance the first phase of the preparatory...

Biomass Production Plant Planned in ARMM
PHILIPPINES - Proposals have been put forward by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for a biomass project in the region.

PNOC-AFC DOLE and Toyota in Biodiesel Deal
PHILIPPINES - State-owned PNOC-Alternative Fuels has signed an agreement with Dole Philippines and Toyota Tsusho of Japan on possible collaboration and cooperation on biofuels.

Petron Eyes Joint Ethanol Importation
PHILIPPINES - Petron Corp is looking to join other oil companies in jointly importing ethanol in preparation for full compliance with the Philippines' mandated 10 per cent ethanol blend for...

Jatropha Biodiesel Processing Facilities Launched
PHILIPPINES - In line with the national government's on-going quest for alternative sources of fuel, the PNOC- Alternative Fuels Corporation and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST),...

World Record for Solar Cell Efficiency
PHILIPPINES - SunPower Corp has produced a full-scale solar cell with a sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of 24.2 per cent at its manufacturing plant in the Philippines.

Wind Blows Ilocos Norte onto Power Map
PHILIPPINES — Towering on a strip of shoreline along Bangui Bay are wind turbines that have started generating "dean power" for the province of flocos Norte under the Philippines' first wind...

Bamboo Biomass Plant in Romblon
PHILIPPINES - US company, Clenergen is piloting a biomass power plant in Romblon in the Philippines using bamboo wood chips as a feedstock.

$90M Earmarked for Biofuel Power Plants
PHILIPPINES - Solutions Using Renewable Energy Inc. (SURE) is earmarking about US $80 million to $90 million in the next two years to finance the construction of power plants that are aimed to...

Biomass Seen to Cut Back Government Subsidies
PHILIPPINES - Biomass-fed power plants can help the government cut back on the subsidies it gives to off-grid areas, a US-based renewable energy firm said.

DOE Approves 44 Wind Energy Projects
PHILIPPINES - The Energy Development Corp. (EDC) as been given the go ahead from the Department of Energy to install wind farms in Mindanao in the Philippines.

Coconut Oil for Biodiesel Programme
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines are carrying out a coconut-tree replanting programme, in a bid to increase production of crude coconut oil.

Seaweed-Based Biofuel Farm to Rise in Aurora
PHILIPPINES - The government plans to develop a $5-million (P220-million) ethanol farm at a 100-hectare site in the province using the Korean technology of extracting ethanol from seaweed.

Biodiesel Sales Lift Chemrez Earnings
PHILIPPINES - Chemrez Technologies Inc. said its first-quarter net income rose by more than a fifth as revenues returned to pre-crisis levels.

DOST Supports Production of Biofuel from Used Oil
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is assisting an inventor Emiliano F. Quitiol (EFQ) in the pilot production of new technology for the conversion of used...

SBMA Approves Chinese $75-M Wind Project
PHILIPPINES - Amid intermittent power shortages, rising power rates and the quest for viable alternative energy sources, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) approved a $75-million wind...

Japanese Firms in Philippine Ethanol Project
PHILIPPINES – Japanese engineering company JGC and ITOCHU Corporation, a leading Japanese trading company, have agreed to participate in large-scale bioethanol production and power supply businesses...

Solar Plant Aurora Ecozone
PHILIPPINES - The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and the Philippine Department of Energy are to build a solar power plant in Casiguran, Quezon.

Itochu and JGC in Large-scale Bioethanol Production
PHILIPPINES - JApanese companies Itochu Corporation and JGC Corporation are to jon forces in a large-scale bioethanol production and power supply businesses in the Philippines together with other...

Biomass Plant for Soft Drinks Giant
PHILIPPINES - Solutions Using Renewable Energy, Inc. (SURE), is to install a state-of-the-art biomas plant for Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. (Pepsi Philippines).

Pöyry in Philippines Renewable Energy Projects
PHILIPPINES - Pöyry has been awarded EPC contracts for turnkey delivery of two renewable energy power plants in the Philippines to the subsidiaries of Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines....