Solar power use

Editorial 03/03/2016

Provincial Board (PB) Member Joven Mondigo’s suggestion that solar plants be set up in Bantayan Island to resolve its power problems may be a long term solution but the cost of setting it up will take both…

Solar panels power bridge households

Nestle Semilla 03/01/2016

Their continued stay under the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge may be uncertain, but more than 10 families living in the Lapu-Lapu City side don’t have to rely on power lines for their power supply. Factory worker Rolando Navasca, whose…

‘Use renewable energy, not fuel, for small islands’

Vanessa Claire Lucero 10/29/2015

  German companies introduce options  for off-grid areas Utilities serving small islands and other off-grid areas are encouraged to use renewable energy instead of diesel fuel. Rene Fajilagutan, president of the Association of Isolated Electric Cooperatives (AIEC),…

Solar products available in Cebu

Marc Eric Cosep 09/09/2015

A Japanese firm yesterday launched its line of solar-powered devices through its Philippine distributor  in Lapu-Lapu City. The solar panels and LED lanterns are produced by Japanese firm Again Japan Information Inc. The solar panels are designed…

Firm offers cost-effective solar power

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/26/2015

BELGIUM-based company UpGrade Energy has partnered with PhilCarbon, a Philippine renewable energy company, to form UpGrade Energy Philippines (UGEP). UpGrade will offer cost-effective solar panels to industries and households, said chief country representative Edgar Hao. Hao said…

Six Veco customers avail of net-metering

05/13/2015

  Installing solar panels in houses or commercial centers is part of Visayan Electric Co.’s net metering scheme. (CDN File Photo) Six residential customers of the Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) have availed of the “sexy business”…

Solar plane takes off Monday for flight around the world

03/09/2015

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirate – A Swiss solar-powered plane has taken off from Abu Dhabi, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. Solar Impulse founder André…

Veco’s net-metering encourages solar generation, power savings

Aileen Garcia-Yap 06/24/2014

The initiative of the Visayan Electric Company to encourage the private sector and home consumers in energy saving has been lauded by the Department of Energy, not just as pioneering but also helping plug the thin power…

There’s light in a plastic bottle

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/24/2013

For villages still without electric power, plastic bottles can be turned into household light bulbs. “Solar night lights,” a simple technology being promoted for calamity-hit communities, costs P550 to P600 to make, said Joel Villanueva, director-general of…

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