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DOE ON RIGHT TRACK IN CRAFTING RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian said the Department of Energy (DOE) has put itself “right on track” in its energy direction by crafting a new program that seeks to build a renewable energy (RE) portfolio of 2,000 megawatts (MW) in 10 years. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, lauded the DOE’s initiative to collaborate with […]

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PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP NEEDED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT – LUNTIAN

A party-list group hoping to be the first green party in the House of Representatives (HOR) is supporting calls for the public and private sector to invest in renewable energy (RE) to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and contribute to world efforts to reduce carbon emissions and put the brakes on global warming. Luntiang Pilipinas […]

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EXPLORE WAYS TO SCALE UP RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT – LEGARDA

Senator Loren Legarda met with Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and currently the Convenor of Mission 2020, to discuss ways on how to further unlock investments to scale up clean and renewable energy development in the country and the world. Legarda, UNISDR Global Champion for […]

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WIND TURBINES, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS PUMP UP ROMBLON ISLAND – NEA

It was perhaps the magic of the moment on a Sunday morning when the management and staff of the Romblon Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ROMELCO) collectively dreamt of ushering in the wind of change with a new environment-friendly power source. Now spinning on the hills of Barangays Agnay, Bagacay and Lonos in the island of Romblon […]