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Meralco coal-free by 2050
The Manila Electric Company, or Meralco, the country’s largest power distribution company, has set out its long-term strategy to promote a just and affordable clean energy transition. The company intends to be coal-free by 2050. But before that, it will first push to cut it direct emissions by more than 20 percent by the end of the decade, or by 2030. According to Meralco, the targets cover its projected 2030 baseline Scope 1 emissions it directly generated from thermal power generation and the use of fuel for vehicles and other equipment. “We recognize our impact on the planet, and we will do more as part of our earnest commitment to sustainability,” Meralco first vice president and chief sustainability officer Raymond B. Ravelo said. Sustainability agenda “As we chart the path towards a brighter and greener energy future, Meralco will continue to evolve and elevate its sustainability agenda to continue powering the good life for all,” he added. Meralco has been heavily investing in the development of renewable energy or RE to serve the country’s growing energy demand for greener power. This includes the distribution utility’s program to source an increasing portion of its supply portfolio from RE. Meralco has so far contracted 1,880 megawatts or MW of RE capacity from various suppliers, already exceeding its initial target of 1,500 MW. As such, Meralco said RE is expected to account for 22 percent of the distribution utility’s supply portfolio by 2030, and 18 percent of that of Meralco’s retail electricity supplier, MPower, by 2025. Decarbonization push To further strengthen its decarbonization efforts, Meralco, through its power generation arm, Meralco PowerGen Corp. or MGen, is accelerating its RE buildout to develop greener generating capacities to power the country with sustainable energy. Earlier this year, MGen committed to invest at least P18 billion for its RE buildout which will cover capacities from clean technologies such as solar and wind which the company aims to build through 2030. “In the coming years, Meralco will accelerate its shift to green energy through the adoption of next-generation clean technologies. Ultimately, we will drive deep decarbonization to advance long-term energy security with earth-friendly power,” Ravelo said. The post Meralco coal-free by 2050 appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Gov’t seeks Indon capital
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno presented to Indonesia’s business community the Philippine economic plans for securing investments in infrastructure, energy and technology. In a statement by the Department of Finance on Thursday, it said Diokno conducted the talk in Jakarta City on Wednesday ahead of the 10th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting from 24 to 25 August. The listeners included members of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Philippine Business Club Indonesia, and officials of foreign embassies in Jakarta. Diokno said the Philippine lawmakers are now studying all measures for faster public-private partnerships or PPPs as the Marcos administration aims to build 197 infrastructure flagship projects, including railways, airports and water management, among others. PPP crucial “The PPP Act, which is currently pending in the Senate, consolidates all legal frameworks on PPP and creates a unified system for investors to refer to when engaging in PPP projects,” DoF said. To build more capital for Philippine infrastructure development and diversify investment channels, Diokno said government agencies are now crafting the rules and regulations of the Maharlika Investment Fund. “This is the Philippines’ first sovereign investment fund that will serve as a platform for investors to engage in direct equity investments in Philippine ventures,” he said. Diokno said both the legislative proposal and newly approved sovereign fund will support economic expansion from liberalized investment laws passed by the previous Duterte administration. Diokno shared amendments to the Public Service Act which now allows full foreign ownership from 40 percent previously of various businesses, such as airlines and telecommunications. Amid growing concerns with climate change, the finance chief said this applies also to renewable energy facilities, such as solar plants. Indonesia, along with China and India, is among the world’s largest exporter of coal, according to the International Energy Agency. However, Indonesia vowed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2060, while it is 2050 for the Philippines. To ensure efficient management and profitability of infrastructure, Diokno said the government also eased processes for foreign investors under the Build-Operate-Transfer Law. “To help foster the development of high quality, modern, and sustainable infrastructure in the country, we wasted no time in building a fertile business and investment ecosystem for private players,” Diokno said. The post Gov’t seeks Indon capital appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Shanghai billionaire
Author’s Note. This story is inspired by true events in Manila, Philippines in the early 1950s. Mawan is a rags-to-riches guy, like a few other famous Filipino Taipans. He stowed away on a cargo ship in Shanghai bound for Manila. Upon reaching Manila, he jumped ship in the dark of night and found his freedom from great poverty to less poverty. He slept in front of a bank on Plaza Cervantes until the police shooed him away. He was forced to sleep under a nearby footbridge along the bank of the Pasig River. For six months, he survived by trading in junk, old newspapers, and empty bottles (dyaryo-bote). He was a “no-English-no-read-no-write” kid. Maning, the bank manager, who often saw Mawan loitering outside the bank and was getting annoyed, asked him in Pilipino where he was from. Mawan answered in Cantonese. It was the beginning of an instant friendship as the manager was once a Shanghai boy himself. Mawan blurted out his story of adventure. Maning adopted Mawan as his own son and gave him a job as a janitor at the bank. He slept in the garage of the manager’s Chinatown home. To cut the story short, in 10 years, Mawan graduated from janitor to clerk to supervisor at the bank. He later resigned, and in another 10 years, graduated from junk shop owner to stockbroker. He became a billionaire at the age of 33. At that time, China bought most of the global supply of coal, which was fuel for cement plants, inducing a nationwide coal shortage. Cement stocks fell to their lowest point and that was when Mawan used all his savings to purchase stocks of the largest cement plant in the country. He ignored Maning’s warnings that it was a dangerous move. When the shortage was over and coal was once again available for cement production, Mawan’s stocks soared to the stratosphere and, at their peak, he unloaded at 55 times their purchase price. He, in fact, caused the stock to take a deep dive as many investors followed his move. He married the daughter of a Chinese billionaire and had a daughter, Melissa. Mawan spoiled her, but he knew that she would not be able to survive in a cruel world with a silver spoon in her mouth. So, he yanked her out of her comfort zone and immersed her in mud, sending her to live with the laborers he had contracted to build a huge mall in Cebu City. MELISSA: Papa, thank you for letting me help your workers. I’m so bored reading books, I’m going crazy. MAWAN: Can you manage to live in a small beach shack with no maid and no car? MELISSA: I am so happy helping the workers, I can take any kind of discomfort. But I got a worker’s daughter as my maid. I’m on top of the world, Papa. Melissa grew in the spirit in her whole new world. From her pocket money, she gave small loans to the beleaguered workers and paid their hospital bills when they got sick. MAWAN: Be careful, Melissa. The workers may not pay you back. MELISSA: I don’t have a problem. They know that if they don’t pay me back, they will lose their jobs. I hired a micro-lending consultant to teach them how to save money to pay off their loans. So far, I have zero bad debts from loans of half a million pesos, Papa. Mawan was so happy that his daughter had turned out so well after he had dipped her in the mud. Then, suddenly, he developed cancer of the prostate, stage 1. He had it cured immediately, but the doctor warned that he needed to rest to strengthen his immune system. MAWAN: Melissa, I want you to drop everything and take over. I need to rest. MELISSA: Go on a world tour, you and Mama. Take a slow tour of the Yangtze River for a month. Visit the ancient Buddhist temples outside Shanghai. I will take care of business. The hardship she experienced in Cebu strengthened Melissa’s spirit. She was ready to be the youngest CEO in Chinatown. MAWAN: (Upon returning home after two months in China.) Our immersion in China was the greatest gift you gave us, Melissa. It opened my eyes. We met so many people who made us happy. Now I know. The world is not just about building corporate empires but also spiritual empires. MELISSA: My world with the workers was your greatest gift to me. Your wisdom opened my heart. It was a great exchange gift. Somehow, happiness healed Mawan’s cancer. He adopted Melissa’s style, immersing himself in the workers as the key to his healing. eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com The post Shanghai billionaire appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Green energy comes of age
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. reiterated in his first State of the Nation Address or SoNA last year that his administration will focus on developing and using renewable energy resources to ramp up local supply while easing the climate change impact. “The use of renewable energy is at the top of our climate agenda. We will increase our use of renewable energy sources such as hydropower, geothermal power, solar and wind,” Marcos said. “We must build new power plants. We must take advantage of all the best technology that is now available, especially in the areas of renewable energy,” he added. To help materialize the President’s plans, the Department of Energy or DoE has allowed the full participation of foreigners in the exploration, development, and utilization of the country’s renewable energy. Last November, the DoE amended a section of the Implementing Rules and Regulations or IRR of the Renewable Energy Act of 2008. To guide the government in reaching its targets, the DoE also set a target of 35 percent share of renewable energy in the country’s energy mix come 2035 and increase it further to 50 percent by 2040. Despite an aggressive stance on clean energy utilization, the Philippines still heavily rely on coal. Coal, which is cheaper compared to other forms of power but more detrimental to the environment, is still the highest contributor to the power generation mix at nearly 60 percent. Renewable energy only takes a little over 20 percent of the mix. Wind power as viable source Marcos also put a spotlight on the country’s offshore and on-shore wind power generation as well as solar power. In offshore wind, Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund or CINMF — the first foreign-owned company to invest in the development of local offshore wind — signed $5 billion worth of contracts with the DoE last March. The deal covers three projects with a combined capacity of 2,000 megawatts in Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, Northern Samar, and Pangasinan and La Union — with a 25-year operating period each. Meanwhile, Spanish firm BlueFloat Energy, last June, committed to investing $38 million or P1.2 trillion at current exchange rates to build 7.6 gigawatts of offshore wind projects, or OSW across the country in the next decade. It has secured wind energy contracts for four sites in Central Luzon, South Luzon, Northern Luzon, and Southern Mindoro. The post Green energy comes of age appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
DMCI Power ventures into wind to augment Semirara supply
Off-grid electricity generator DMCI Power Corporation or DPC is planning to independently build a wind power plant that can augment the power supply in Semirara Island, home of the country’s biggest coal reserve, by as much as 12 megawatts. Given the available resources on the island, the company said initial projections showed that the project can generate around 8 to 12 MW of power. “We are also looking at solar energy to augment the supply in the island, but we are prioritizing wind resource development because it has shown the most promise,” DPC president Antonino E. Gatdula, Jr. said in a stock report on Monday. Gatdula noted that wind power could potentially deliver a 33% plant utilization rate, higher compared to just 17% for solar. Yet, capital expenditure per megawatt for resources “is also roughly the same.” The DPC said the operational implementation of the project is expected to take 12 to 15 months. In a 2001 wind resource study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a United States Department of Energy laboratory, it was found that Semirara Island has “some of the best wind resources in the Philippines.” The wind corridors between Luzon and Panay—including Semirara Islands and extending to the Cuyo Islands—were found to have good-to-excellent wind power density and speed for utility-scale or village power applications. The plan will complement the government’s initiatives to increase the share of renewable energy in the country’s total energy mix to 35 % by 2030 and 50 % by 2040. Last year, renewable energy only took up 22.8 % of the total mix. The DPC was established in 2006 to provide sufficient and reliable electricity to areas that are not connected to the main transmission grid, such as Masbate, Palawan, and Mindoro. The post DMCI Power ventures into wind to augment Semirara supply appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
DMCI Power ventures into wind to augment Semirara
Off-grid electricity generator DMCI Power Corporation or DPC is planning to independently build a wind power plant that can augment the power supply in Semirara Island, home of the country’s biggest coal reserve, by as much as 12 megawatts. Given the available resources on the island, the company said initial projections showed that the project can generate around 8 to 12 MW of power. “We are also looking at solar energy to augment the supply in the island, but we are prioritizing wind resource development because it has shown the most promise,” DPC president Antonino E. Gatdula, Jr. said in a stock report on Monday. Gatdula noted that wind power could potentially deliver a 33% plant utilization rate, higher compared to just 17% for solar. Yet, capital expenditure per megawatt for resources “is also roughly the same.” The DPC said the operational implementation of the project is expected to take 12 to 15 months. In a 2001 wind resource study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a United States Department of Energy laboratory, it was found that Semirara Island has “some of the best wind resources in the Philippines.” The wind corridors between Luzon and Panay—including Semirara Islands and extending to the Cuyo Islands—were found to have good-to-excellent wind power density and speed for utility-scale or village power applications. The plan will complement the government’s initiatives to increase the share of renewable energy in the country’s total energy mix to 35 % by 2030 and 50 % by 2040. Last year, renewable energy only took up 22.8 % of the total mix. The DPC was established in 2006 to provide sufficient and reliable electricity to areas that are not connected to the main transmission grid, such as Masbate, Palawan, and Mindoro. The post DMCI Power ventures into wind to augment Semirara appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Risky exposure (1)
In a review of banks’ exposure in energy projects, undertaken by the environmental think-tank Center for Energy, Ecology and Development, conglomerate San Miguel Corporation’s energy arm SMC Global Power Corp., which maintains a host of power plants, including those using coal as fuel, received prominent space. In the discussion, the dilemma that banks face was brought to light amid their financial exposure to SMCGP that may be affected by the maneuvers of SMC and its subsidiaries to, ironically, turn around the unfavorable state of the group. It said that apart from issues of supply, local fossil fuel companies are also feeling the impact of volatile fuel prices. SMCGP, the report said, suffered P15 billion in losses in 2022 due to the rising prices of fossil fuel. In May 2022, two of SMCGP’s subsidiaries filed motions for price adjustment before the Energy Regulatory Commission due to the rising fuel costs that they claimed they could no longer bear and wanted to pass on to consumers. The motions, according to the report, have since been denied, and SMC has brought the matter up to the Court of Appeals. Following the ERC denial of the price adjustment petitions, a Bloomberg intelligence report was released finding that SMCGP risks a funding shortfall as high as $1 billion by next June. The same intelligence report also projected that SMCGP’s current coal exposure might make refinancing more difficult and more costly, as investors increasingly shun coal-fired power plants as a result of the international effort to remove polluting fossil fuel as an energy source. Last year also saw SMC withdrawing the ECC applications for the three proposed fossil gas projects in the Visayas, including a liquefied natural gas project in Negros Occidental that had originally targeted a 2022 commissioning date. Despite its already large fossil fuel portfolio, the report said SMCGP issued Series K Bonds due in 2025, Series L. Bonds due in 2028, and Series M. Bonds due in 2032 with a principal amount of P30 billion and an oversubscription option of up to P10 billion in July 2022. Part of the proceeds of these bonds are allocated for SMCGP subsidiary-owned fossil fuel projects, including the Mariveles Power Generation Corporation’s four 150 megawatt or MW circulating fluidized bed coal-fired power plant in Mariveles, Bataan and Excellent Energy Resources Inc.’s 1.3 gigawatt or GW combined-cycle LNG power plant in Barangays Ilijan and Dela Paz Proper, Batangas. Recently, however, Manila Electric Co. or Meralco announced the termination of its power supply agreements with two subsidiaries of SMCGP, Excellent Energy Resources Inc. and Masinloc Power Partners Co. Ltd. The same power supply agreements would have secured revenue for the two SMCGP power plants to be financed by these bonds. Since the contracts were terminated, these subsidiaries would have to go through the competitive selection process again, where it will be up against fossil fuel and renewable energy or RE generation projects. According to the CEED report, the banks that purchased bonds had essentially exposed themselves and their shareholders, to whom they have a fiduciary responsibility, to fossil fuel projects “at risk of stranding.” “Changing policy, economic, geopolitical, and energy landscapes in the country and around the world demand that banks and financial institutions pay closer attention to and take the necessary action to mitigate these risks and protect their shareholders.” The report indicated that important developments show the tide turning in renewable energy’s or RE’s favor locally. According to the DoE, the Green Energy auction program will hold its second round of bids in June this year. The country will auction off rights to build 3,600 megawatts or MW of new capacity to be installed in 2024, 3,600 MW in 2025, and 4,400 MW in 2026. In all, this will result in an additional 11,600 megawatts of RE on top of the 2,000 MW auctioned off last year, an unprecedented scale of development for renewables in the country. (To be continued) The post Risky exposure (1) appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Banks urged: Shift backing for RE
Philippine banks must quickly shift project funding for fossil fuels to renewable energy as demand for the latter is seen to skyrocket due to shrinking supplies and rising prices for climate change-inducing fossil fuels, said a report released Tuesday by the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development Philippines. Citing data from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a CEED report says unit costs for renewables have been decreasing at substantial rates globally: 85 percent both for solar energy and lithium-ion batteries and 55 percent for wind energy. Meanwhile, fossil fuel prices for coal and natural gas could further increase due to ongoing armed conflict between oil-rich countries Russia and Ukraine. Meralco, the country’s largest electricity provider, has increased rates to over P10 per kilowatt hour, while 11 new import terminals for liquified natural gas are under negotiations, according to the Department of Energy. Despite these, CEED researchers found 15 Philippine banks have heavily invested in fossil fuel projects through bonds, loans and stocks. Researchers say these will further heat up the planet and harm aquatic resources as the Verde Island Passage is eyed as an alternative to Malampaya. Dirtiest banks Banks were analyzed through CEED’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Scorecard which looked at their green policies and projects to mitigate the impacts of climate change such as drought, floods, and wildfires. New data covered April 2022 to March 2023. The scorecard shows Philippine banks invested $867.08 million within that period, mostly through bonds. Meanwhile, investments for new fossil gas projects reached $930 million. Among them involved the project of SMC Global Power of San Miguel Corporation in Bataan and Batangas which required principal funding of P30 billion and bond oversubscription option up to P10 billion in July last year. Eight out of the 15 banks studied supported this project. However, CEED shared that the SMC energy firm lost P15 billion last year due to higher fossil fuel prices. CEED added that the firm scrapped its application for the three proposed fossil gas projects in Visayas last year. Among the 15 banks, Bank of the Philippines Islands (BPI) was deemed the dirtiest bank, followed by BDO Unibank Inc. CEED researchers say BPI topped the list for the fourth time, with an unclear commitment to reduce coal projects, notably the Atimonan One Energy (A1E) Coal Plant. “In fact, in a letter addressed to CEED dated 1 July 2021, the DOE said that Meralco PowerGen Corporation, which wholly owns A1E, is still in communication with lenders to extend the loan facility given the challenges encountered in securing power supply agreements.” In general, BPI had vowed to reduce outstanding loans to coal projects by 50 percent by 2026 and zero percent by 2032. Meanwhile, BDO had announced to reduce coal exposure also by 50 percent by 2033. CEED, however, criticized the banks for not having detailed plans to achieve their goals. “BPI’s overall score is also slightly higher due to improved sustainability policies. Nonetheless, BPI’s high overall fossil fuel exposure and insufficient policies keep it at the top,” CEED researchers said. For BDO, “Its coal exposure remains significant and its place as the top financier of the fossil gas expansion also garners it a high score. Its rank is lowered, however, by its Sustainability Policies Criteria score,” it said. Model banks Government-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) are the cleanest banks. CEED said that LandBank approved loans amounting to P20.1 billion for renewables. It added that the bank agreed in January to help build Aboitiz renewable energy plants worth P20 billion. Meanwhile, DBP approved a total loan of P600 million for a hydropower plant in Nueva Ecija and other 27 renewable energy projects last year. The post Banks urged: Shift backing for RE appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Germany ends nuclear era as last reactors power down
Germany switched off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. While many Western countries are upping their investments in atomic energy to reduce their emissions, Germany brought an early end to its nuclear age. It's "the end of an era," the RWE energy firm said in a statement shortly after midnight confirming the three reactors had been disconnected from the electricity grid. Europe's largest economy has been looking to leave behind nuclear power since 2002, but the phase-out was accelerated by former chancellor Angela Merkel in 2011 after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The exit decision was popular in a country with a powerful anti-nuclear movement, stoked by lingering fears of a Cold War conflict and atomic disasters such as Chernobyl in Ukraine. "The risks of nuclear power are ultimately unmanageable," said Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, who this week made a pilgrimage to the ill-fated Japanese plant ahead of a G7 meeting in the country. Anti-nuclear demonstrators took to the streets in several German cities to mark the closures. Greenpeace, at the heart of the anti-nuclear movement, organized a celebratory party at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. "We are putting an end to a dangerous, unsustainable and costly technology," said Green MP Juergen Trittin. In front of the Brandenburg Gate, activists symbolically slayed a model dinosaur. Initially planned for the end of 2022, Germany's nuclear exit was delayed as Russian gas supplies dwindled. Germany, the largest emitter in the European Union, also powered up some of its mothballed coal-fuelled plants to cover the potential gap left by gas. The challenging energy situation had increased calls domestically for the exit from nuclear to be delayed. Germany had to "expand the supply of energy and not restrict it any further" in light of potential shortages and high prices, the president of the German chamber of commerce Peter Adrian told the Rheinische Post daily. Friedrich Merz, leader of the opposition CDU party, said the abandonment of nuclear power was the result of an "almost fanatical bias". Meanwhile the conservative daily FAZ headlined its Saturday edition "Thanks, nuclear energy," as it listed benefits it said nuclear had brought the country over the years. Outside observers have been similarly irked by Germany's insistence on exiting nuclear while ramping up its coal usage, with climate activist Greta Thunberg in October slamming the move as "a mistake". As expected, the Isar 2 reactor in the southeast of the country, the Neckarwestheim facility in the southwest and Emsland in the northwest were disconnected from the electricity network before midnight. Earlier, Guido Knott, CEO of PreussenElektra, which operates Isar 2, said it would be "a very moving moment" to power down the reactor. The three final plants provided just six percent of Germany's energy last year, compared with 30.8 percent from all nuclear plants in 1997. "Sooner or later" the reactors will start being dismantled, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told the Funke group ahead of the scheduled decommissioning, brushing aside the idea of an extension. The government has the energy situation "under control", Habeck assured, having filled gas stores and built new infrastructure for the import of liquefied natural gas to bridge the gap left by Russian supplies. Instead, the minister is focused on getting Germany to produce 80 percent of its energy from renewables by 2030. To this end, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for the installation of "four to five wind turbines a day" over the next few years -- a tall order given that just 551 were installed last year. But the current rate of progress on renewables could well be too slow for Germany to meet its climate protection goals. Despite planning to exit nuclear, Germany has not "pushed ahead enough with the expansion of renewables in the last 10 years", Simon Mueller from the Agora Energiewende think tank told AFP. To build enough onshore wind capacity, according to Mueller, Germany now has to "pull out all the stops". The post Germany ends nuclear era as last reactors power down appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Aboitiz Power to build 1,000-MW gas-fired plant
Aboitiz Power Corp. is mulling to build a gas-fired plant with 1,000 megawatts in capacity as it abandons coal-fired power plants for baseload capacity as part of its shift to cleaner power sources in the next 10 years, according to its top official......»»
San Miguel to scrap pending coal power plants after gov t ban
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Antipolo City throws support on Ajido
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Waste consciousness urged during Holy Week
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Israel bombs Gaza, fights Hamas around hospitals
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Amigas group celebrate March Birthdays
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