Toyota City, Japan, Jan 24, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has completed a strong debut event for the new GR YARIS Rally1 with Sebastien Ogier claiming second overall and Kalle Rovanpera finishing fourth at Rallye Monte-Carlo. Ogier had been on course to claim a record-extending ninth […]
Duisburg, Jan 21, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Power Europe has signed a contract with Stockholm Exergi, the largest local district heating, cooling and electricity provider, to modernise the combined heat and power (CHP) plant – Kraftvarmeverk 1 (KVV1) at Vartaverket, Stockholm. Although the plant was originally built in 1976 for fossil […]
TOKYO, Jan 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – As part of the next step into the energy management business, Honda is partnering with the V2X Suisse consortium to demonstrate the vital role of electric vehicles (EVs) and bi-directional charging technology in the future of energy management. Honda will supply 50 Honda e electric […]
THE Visayan Electric Company said it had restored power to 68.37 percent of its 474,182 affected customers in Metro Cebu as 12 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.This means that 324,216 a…
On the 26th day post-Odette, power returned. Was I relieved? Immensely. Was I grateful? Definitely. But a bit sad I had to write to be heard.The devastation was real but so was the…
With 161,076 customers still without electricity a month after Typhoon Odette, the Visayan Electric Company said it is on track in meeting the target to energize its entire franchi…
A group of electricity consumers wants the government to investigate the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ allegedly repeated failure to provide enough power in areas affected by typhoons. The private company in charge of operating the country’s state-owned power grid had failed to provide sufficient power during Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in 2013, Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) in 2014 […]
HONG KONG, Dec 30, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Chervon Holdings (“Chervon” or the “Company”, stock code: 2285.HK), a global provider of power tools and outdoor power equipment (“OPE”), is officially listed and commenced trading on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”) today. Chervon Holdings Limited Listing […]
THE Philippines’ offshore wind power potential has been estimated at least 3 gigawatts (GW), which could make wind a significant component of its clean energy transition, an independent renewable energy strategic consultancy said. The UK’s BVG Associates (BVGA) said in its Offshore Wind Road Map study said the 3 GW threshold for offshore wind (OSW) could be […]
THE NATIONAL Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said it has restored 85% of the transmission lines in the Visayas and Mindanao as of Dec. 25. The grid company had initially reported that 95 transmission lines were rendered inoperational by typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) which traversed the Visayas and Mindanao on Dec. 16. As […]
Ayala-led AC Energy Corp. (ACEN) on Friday said it is ready to export 115-megawatt (MW) of alternating current (AC) capacity to the Visayas grid, after it allowed the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO) to connect to San Enrique-La Carlota transmission line in order to restore power to the typhoon-hit province. “Our solar farms in Negros […]
By Arjay L. Balinbin, Senior Reporter THE RESTORATION of power, water, and telecommunications services in business districts damaged by typhoon Odette should be priorities in the rehabilitation effort, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said. “Yes, definitely that’s top of the agenda. Damage to transmission lines was severe and it will take days or weeks, but the […]
THE NATIONAL Irrigation Administration (NIA) said it transferred 60% of a P33.75 billion irrigation and power project to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM). The Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMIPP) will be a trans-basin tunnel across the Caraballo Mountain range with a capacity of 80 cubic meters per second (m3/s) […]
VICE-PRESIDENT Maria Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo, who is running for the country’s top post in next year’s elections, said on Tuesday that her infrastructure development agenda will include a push for setting up underground power and communication lines, which are more costly to install than overhead facilities. “One realization from the series of very strong […]
TOKYO, Dec 16, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has shipped a total of three M701JAC gas turbines to the Fujairah F3 power plant in the UAE from its Takasago Machinery Works in Hyogo Prefecture. The plant will use an efficient combined […]
Residential customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will see higher electricity bills in December as generation charges increased. In a statement on Friday, Meralco said the overall rate for a typical household went up by P0.3143 per kilowatt-hour (/kWh) to P9.7773 per kWh, from last month’s P9.4630 per kWh. Residential households consuming 200 kWh will […]
RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) projects accounted for 55% of the 93 proposals evaluated for grid integration as of November, with only one coal-fired facility obtaining similar clearance, the Department of Energy (DoE) said. The DoE said in a document posted to its website that the renewable projects accounted for about 16,000 megawatts (MW) in capacity. The […]
Banks expect to continue lending to coal-fired power projects as the Philippines shifts to cleaner and renewable energy sources by 2040, pending developments in an Asian Development Bank (ADB) program funding the energy transition, a senior banker said. “There’s a current initiative from the (ADB) for the energy transition. That’s something that the banks haven’t […]
FIRST Gen Corp. unit Prime Meridian Powergen Corp. (PMPC) has signed three-year loan facilities totaling P2.8 billion with the Bank of the Philippine Islands and ING Bank N.V. “This is the first term loan of PMPC and it is reflective of the Avion power plant’s strong and stable cash flows since starting operations in 2016,” […]
TOKYO, Dec 2, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed upgrade works for two GTCC power plants with M701F gas turbines at Senoko Energy in Singapore. This has helped to improve energy efficiency and reduce approximately 15,000 tons of carbon emissions […]