STATE-OWNED National Electrification Administration (NEA) said it would need P31 billion to provide power to 31,000 sitios (sub-villages), or communities, nationwide. During a House energy committee hearing held last Monday, NEA Administrator Edita S. Bueno said the plan was to give these sub-villages access to electricity over the next 10 years at an average cost [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rural electrification’
NEA will need P31B for rural electrification (9/22/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged NEA, Rural electrification on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ADB to establish small wind power systems in villages (7/02/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Rural electrification, Wind energy on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
MORE RURAL AREAS MAY GAIN access to energy once Asian Development Bank completes the installation of small wind power systems in the Philippines and two other pilot countries in Southeast Asia. Small wind power projects are deemed to be a sustainable solution for remote and dispersed markets. The projects may reduce a country’s dependence on [...]
Operational, procedural constraints hamper ‘last-mile’ electrification (6/16/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged NEA, Rural electrification on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Department of Energy (DoE) earnestly aspired for the completion of the government’s electrification program this 2010, but as of its latest report, it was indicated that 105 more barangays nationwide remain unenergized. In Luzon, there are 54 barangays yet to be energized, chiefly in Laguna and Quezon provinces. Visayas and Mindanao also have their [...]
$57-M ADB loan to help rural electric cooperatives (6/07/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged NEA, Rural electrification on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
State-run national Electrification Administration is seeking a $57-million loan from the Asian Development Bank to upgrade and rehabilitate the distribution systems of 15 rural electric cooperatives. According to the Manila-based lender, the proposed NEA project is expected to reduce the system losses of these utilities and increase the distribution capacity for load growth. The project [...]
Let there be light (in remote areas) (5/28/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged AMORE, Mindanao, Power supply, Renewable energy, Rural electrification on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
IT’S HARD to think that at this day and age, a huge number of households in far-flung provinces in the country still do not have access to electricity. For people living in these areas, having a daily supply of power to light their houses at night has, so far, remained largely a dream. But with [...]
Napocor plans P7-B fund-raising for electrification program (10/27/09)
Posted in Business World News, tagged NPC, Rural electrification, SPUG on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
STATE-RUN National Power Corp. (Napocor) said it intends to raise about P7 billion within the year for the company’s capital requirements. Napocor President Froilan A. Tampinco told reporters yesterday it might raise the amount either through loans or bonds, where the bulk of the proceeds will be used to finance Napocor’s missionary electrification requirements under [...]
Napocor inks JVAs for rural electrification (10/21/09)
Posted in Business Mirror News, tagged NPC, Rural electrification on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GOVERNMENT-RUN National Power Corp. (Napocor)-Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) has entered into agreements with several power companies to further its mandate of missionary electrification. In an interview, Melburgo Chiu, Napocor vice president for Spug, said they have signed agreements with Korea Electric Power Corp., Conal Holdings Corp. and the Philippine National Oil Co.-Renewables Corp. (PNOC-RC). [...]
