GN Power Ltd. of the Netherlands is asking the Department of Energy for approval for its plans to put up a wind project in Bataan that could generate up to 300 megawatts of power. Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said GN Power has a pending application for a wind project with the Energy Department but [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wind energy’
GN Power to Set Up Wind Energy Project as Part of 2,700-MW Complex (9/23/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Generation, Investments, Renewable energy, Wind energy on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dutch firm mulls 300-megawatt wind farm in Bataan (9/22/2010)
Posted in Philippine Star News, tagged Generation, Investments, Renewable energy, Wind energy on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dutch firm GN Power Ltd. is exploring the possibility of building a 300-megawatt (MW) wind farm facility in Bataan, an energy official said. Mario Marasigan, Department of Energy (DOE) assistant secretary said GN Power has applied to undertake the wind project but has yet to complete the documents required by the DOE. “GN Power has an application [...]
EDC aims to raise $100M for Burgos wind farm project (8/04/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Renewable energy, Wind energy on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
LOPEZ-LED Energy Development Corp. plans to tap the foreign debt market within the year to raise initially $100 million (or about P4.5 billion) for its planned 86-megawatt wind farm in Burgos, Ilocos Norte. EDC president Richard B. Tantoco said this was the only borrowing planned for this year. “We’re finalizing the negotiations with two suppliers [...]
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 [...]
Renewable energy pricing expected to be finalized this month (7/01/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Renewable energy, Wind energy on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THE MUCH-AWAITED pricing system, called feed-in tariff (FIT), for renewable energy is expected to be finalized and submitted for approval within the month, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Executive Director Francis Saturnino C. Juan said via text yesterday. “The rules will hopefully be out by July. That’s still my target for presenting it to the commission [...]
NorthPoint to invest $120M in wind farm (6/21/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Investments, Renewable energy, Wind energy on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wind power developer NorthPoint Wind Power Corp. plans to invest as much as $120 million (roughly P5.4 billion) to develop a wind farm in Aparri, Cagayan that can power a a 40-megawatt (MW) plant. Giovanni Macapobre, business development manager of North Wind Power Development Corp., said the amount was based on the estimated spending of [...]
Firm to delay power project (6/21/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Investments, Wind energy on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NORTHPOINT Wind Power Corp. said it would wait for the decision of the government on the feed-in tariff before pushing through with its planned 40-megawatt (MW) wind farm project in Aparri, Cagayan. Northwind Power Development Corp. business development manager Giovanni Macapobre told reporters in a briefing that the company may push back the project next [...]
RP seen to lead SE Asia in wind power (6/18/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Wind energy on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New group to help promote industry development WIND developers in the Philippines see the country becoming a leader in wind power generation in Southeast Asia, given the abundance of prospective sites. According to the Wind Energy Development Association of the Philippines (Wedap), this potential is shown in the number of renewable energy service contracts that [...]
Wind energy firms cite barriers, ask gov’t to set feed-in tariffs (6/18/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Wind energy on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
LAOAG, ILOCOS NORTE — The wind energy potential of the Philippines faces two barriers, and the government needs to define policy to unlock the potential, according to an industry group. In a statement, the Wind Energy Development Association of the Philippines (WEDAP) said that while the wind energy potential is high, there is no stable [...]
Contract feud stops electric supply from Ilocos wind farm (6/11/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Power supply, Wind energy on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A SNAG IN the energy sales contract between the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (Inec) and a wind farm developer has forced the power distributor to draw electricity from another supplier. Marlon Valdez, a member of the Inec board of directors, said the region has been drawing power from the San Miguel Energy Corp. (SMEC) after [...]
