SC voids Naga power deal

Marites Villamor Ilano 11/09/2015

SPC to appeal; Therma Visayas insists it won the bidding The Supreme Court has nullified the sale of the 153.1-megawatt Naga power plant complex in southern Cebu to SPC Power Corp. SPC said it will ask the…

Coal continues to dominate energy mix in Cebu – DOE

Vanessa Claire Lucero 10/15/2015

Energy demand growing 7% yearly; 2,000 MW needed in Visayas by 2020 More coal-fired power generation projects are still being undertaken in Cebu and in the Visayas than renewable energy projects, an official of the Department of…

APEC energy ministers set to award low-carbon model town

Brad Reddersen, Marites Villamor Ilano 10/11/2015

THE Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Working Group will announce tomorrow the winner of a technical assistance package under its Low-Carbon Model Town (LCMT) Project. Mandaue City is one of three nominees for the award. The other…

Philippines slowing down on coal projects, targets more renewables

Marites Villamor Ilano 10/11/2015

The Philippines is slowing down on approving coal-fired power plant projects and pushing the development of renewable sources to achieve a balanced energy mix by 2030. Energy Undersecretary Loreta G. Ayson said the target is to have…

Air pollution killing 4,000 in China a day, US study finds

08/17/2015

Air pollution is killing about 4,000 people in China a day, accounting for 1 in 6 premature deaths in the world’s most populous country, a new study finds. Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, calculated that…

Our right to a sustainable future

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/13/2014

Last week, the news about an oil find in Aloguinsan, Cebu (Cebu Daily News/Jan. 10) surprised and alarmed not a few citizens who are aware of its serious implications in this climate-challenged millennium. Oil is a fossil…

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