MANILA, Philippines—Who can best design an electric tricycle that can fit six people, or can be loaded with a sack of rice or livestock than a Filipino? The Department of Energy (DOE) launched on January 18 the “Nationwide Contest for the Best E-Trike Design” that seeks to “bring out the best ideas from Filipinos” for… Read More DOE launches E-Trike design contest
Oriental Mindoro will experience a daylong brownout on Tuesday, the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative announced on Monday. The 10-hour power outage will affect the entire province except for the towns of Pinamalayan and Gloria, Ormeco said. The management of the power firm cited annual preventive maintenance of the Napocor-50MVA Substation in Sta. Isabel, Calapan City… Read More Ormeco announces massive blackout
The Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled 15 sites for oil and gas exploration as the Philippines seeks to achieve energy self-sufficiency. More than 10 million hectares will be covered by 12 offshore and three onshore upstream oil activities off Northwest Palawan, East Palawan, and in the Sulu Sea basins under the Fourth Philippine Energy… Read More 15 sites for oil, gas exploration in Palawan, Sulu seas unveiled
By Norman A. Novio The Mindoro Post SAN JOSE—Occidental Mindoro is currently beset by power supply shortage. Frequent load shedding by the National Power Corporation-Small Power Utilities Group or NPC-SPUG to equitably distribute its limited supply to Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (OMECO) is a normal occurrence that affects all sectors of the community, particularly the… Read More Occidental Mindoro to hold power summit to avert crisis
MANILA—Constellation Energy Corp. has pre-qualified to develop a geothermal site in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said Saturday that the Department of Energy was studying the proposal of Constellation Energy, a subsidiary of the Canadian firm Enerasia Renewable Corporation. He said the DOE pre-qualified nine other local and foreign companies that expressed… Read More Canadian firm’s subsidiary prequalifies for Najuan geothermal project
MANILA—The renewable energy arm of state-owned Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) is looking at about nine partners for its planned 11 hydropower projects–including a facility in Baco, Oriental Mindoro–in the country with a total capacity of about 300 megawatts (MW). “There are five foreign and four local companies who have approached us regarding possible partnerships… Read More PNOC eyes partnerships for hydro projects in Baco, 10 other areas
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