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Aboitiz: Coal to meet rising power demand

Aboitiz Power Corp. underscored the need to maximize high-generating non-renewable sources like conventional coal power plants with a capacity factor of 57.5 percent to...

Business groups express support for DOE’s balanced energy, coal policy

Major business groups including the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and the Employers Confederation of...

Lotilla denies favoring coal over RE sources

Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla on Friday denied that the Department of Energy (DOE) is favoring coal over renewable energy in power generation. “Diversification of energy...

Renewable electricity to outstrip coal next year—IEA

Paris, France—The amount of electricity produced from renewable sources worldwide is set to surpass output from coal-fired plants for the first time in 2025,...

Coal reliance growing in Philippines, Indonesia: report

Coal accounts for a growing share of electricity generation in the Philippines and Indonesia, which are failing to ramp up renewables fast enough, a...

Group deplores PH’s ‘lack of energy resilience, heavy reliance on coal’

AN energy think tank on Wednesday deplored the country’s lack of energy resilience due to its heavy reliance on coal. The Center for Energy Research...

Guterres: Abolish fossil fuels to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’

Nations must phase out coal and other fossil fuels to avert climate “catastrophe,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in New York. “We are hurtling towards...

Rich nations pledge to raise $20b to wean Indonesia away from coal

Nusa Dua, Indonesia—Rich nations pledged Tuesday to raise at least $20 billion to help wean Indonesia off coal and reach carbon neutrality by 2050,...

Germany’s Russian gas crisis sparks coal rush

By Isabelle Le Page "A rush like this in the summertime, it's unheard of -- everybody wants coal," says Frithjof Engelke, a supplier of the...

Mining giant BHP records decade-high profit, buoyed by coal

Australian mining firm BHP revealed Tuesday that its profits jumped nearly 40 percent in the past year despite falling iron ore prices, bolstered by...

Valencia bats for coal use to power Mindoro plant

Calapan City—In the wake of unceasing and widespread power outages on this island, former Oriental Mindoro governor Rodolfo G. Valencia has urged government officials...

Suspend excise tax on fuels, ERC urges new gov’t

The government is being urged to suspend the excise tax on coal and petroleum products and reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on generation charges...

Coal still top threat to global climate goals: report

The number of coal-fired power plants in the pipeline worldwide declined in 2021, according to research released Tuesday, but the fossil fuel most responsible...

Will Ukraine war help or hinder green energy transition?

"The transition to green fuels is more relevant than ever to reduce dependence on Russian hydrocarbons." By Catherine Hours / Julien Mivielle Despite fears that the...
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