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The Philippines’ decarbonization drive is viewed as a “massive” investment opportunity because of the sheer volume of renewable capacity needed to make significant progress towards a green economy, McKinsey & Co. said. …

The Philippines has the potential to harvest clean alternative sources of energy while reducing its contribution to global warming, the Asian Development Bank said Monday. The country should explore opportunities in generating energy from …

The Philippines' proposed National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) 2020-2040 is setting a target of 35 percent share of renewable energy (RE) in the power generation mix by 2030 and 50 percent share by 2040. This was bared by Director …

According to the 2019 Climate Analytic, which is executed by the UN Environment and Asian Development Bank, the Philippines is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the impact of climate change. Citizens have been made…

A faster transition to renewable energy sources could present an opportunity for investments in the Philippines, as it works to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an envoy for the upcoming United Nations climate change conference.…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new energy policy that will support universal access to reliable and affordable energy services, while promoting the low-carbon transition in Asia and the Pacific. In a statement, ADB Preside…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has finally approved a new energy policy that includes its exit from coal financing, as it pushes for a low-carbon transition in Asia-Pacific amid worsening climate change. The Manila-based multilateral ban…

The wind power industry has called on governments around the world to “get serious” about the energy transition and work with the private sector to rapidly scale up wind and renewable energy installations. The call was led by t…

A lawmaker on Monday appealed to the Department of Energy (DOE) to expedite the process of approvals for power plants, especially for renewable energy (RE), as the possibility of “energy crunch” looms due to the impact of oil price hik…

The Department of Energy (DOE) is sticking to the October timeline for the country’s first green energy auction (GEA). DOE is finalizing its policy on the Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP), which provides additional market options …

The potency and versatility of renewable energy could make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Healthcare industry happens to be one of the largest energy consumers across the globe. The healthcare sector h…

The city will put up its own waste-to-energy (W2E) plant to help address the city's garbage disposal problem, and ensure the production of quality and cheap renewable energy that will be infused into the grid. Mayor Benjamin Magalong s…

Globally, nations are committed to reducing or avoiding gas emissions harmful to the environment. This effort is bolstered by the presence of many laws seeking to promote the use of renewable energy sources. Needless to say, countr…

Saying it is a move to circumvent the Clean Air Act, climate and health groups on Monday chided the Department of Energy (DOE) for coming up with a draft circular categorizing waste-to-energy (WTE) as a form of renewable energy (RE). &ldqu…

The Department of Energy (DOE) has concluded public consultations on two proposed policies aimed at increasing the renewable energy (RE) share in the country’s generation mix to 35 percent by 2030 and further to 50 percent by 2040. T…

The Department of Energy (DoE) needs to declare renewables a preferred energy source if it wants to grow the industry, a former official of the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) said Wednesday. “How do we push for more rene…

Energy stakeholders called for a framework to guide the country’s transition to clean energy amid the ban on new coal plants and the pressure on the sector to go green. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said in a recent virtual conference t…

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has brought out the sobering reality that the world is not as advanced and as resilient as we thought it to be. We have realized that our societies and economic systems are fragile and that we are o…

Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi said the agency has been pursuing policies for the country to transition to renewable energy as a source of power during the Duterte administration. During the pre-SONA (State of the Nation…

The Philippines aims to attract P10-trillion worth of investments in the energy sector as well as wean the country off fossil fuels. India could help make that happen, and it seems keen on building relations with Southeast Asian nations, including…

The Department of Energy (DOE), along with multilateral partners like the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Union-Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (EU-ASEP), had pitched for financing tools that the local government units (LGUs) …

The Philippines has vast sources of renewable energy (RE), but these remain largely untapped because of red tape and delays in policy implementation. "Red tape remains to be an issue when it comes to developing RE," Sen. Sherwin …

During The Manila Times' "Propelling Renewable Energy against Climate Change" forum this past Wednesday, lawyer Monalisa Dimalanta, who is the former chairman of the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) and one of the nation's …

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources wants the law on solid waste management amended to keep up with the times, an agency official says. “Actually, the [Ecological] Solid Waste Management Act, yung [the] RA 9003, is a …