Going green

Calvin D. Cordova 07/03/2017

Solar-powered jeepneys coming to Cebu soon Solar-powered vehicles will soon be plying in Cebu roads and transport groups will be getting them for free. Australian company Star 8 Green Technology Corp. will be bringing in an initial…

Solar lampposts turned over to Cebu City

Intern 05/06/2017

TWO solar windmill lampposts were turned over by Japanese firm Yushin Kougyou Corp. to the Cebu City government in simple rites at the South Road Properties last Thursday evening. Roberto Cabarubbias, who heads the city government’s Department…

Solar-and-wind-powered street lamps anyone?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/26/2017

Outside Cebu City Hall, there stands a futuristic looking tower which has a revolving metal piece on top. The equipment is actually a lamppost powered by both solar and wind energy, said Department of Public Services (DPS)…

Gov’t urged help ease shift of Pinoys to green energy

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/28/2016

WHILE Filipinos are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of harnessing renewable energy such as solar power, many are still kept from its true potential due to relatively higher prices of technology. To address this gap, Again…

Solar plane’s Pacific crossing going smoothly

04/23/2016

OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN — A solar-powered plane’s flight across the Pacific Ocean was going smoothly as it gets closer to a stop in Northern California. The Solar Impulse 2 picked up a strong tailwind before sunset…

Biggest solar project in SE Asia inaugurated in Negros Occidental

03/03/2016

THE largest solar project in Southeast Asia and the 7th in the world was inaugurated in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Thursday. The solar generation facility of Helios Solar Energy Corp. was expected to generate 132.5 megawatt…

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…

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…

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