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Sky-High Power Bills Push Pinoys to Go Solar

Sky-High Power Bills Push Pinoys to Go Solar

For many Filipino families living from paycheck to paycheck, the electricity bill arrives as a monthly reminder of just how expensive it has become to live decently in the Philippines. As electricity costs continue to eat into household budgets, a growing number of Filipinos are looking up to their rooftops for a way out.

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Published at 2026-09-01 by Dimitri Mostrey

Categories : Environment, Legal, Technology

Tags: Energy, Solar

160MW: Philippines' Biggest Wind Farm Rises

160MW: Philippines' Biggest Wind Farm Rises

Investments in renewable energy in the Philippines just got a boost, with the inauguration of a 160-MW wind farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Friday. ACEN Corp’s 34 wind power generators in the area, built at the cost of Php11.8 billion (about $211-million), is currently the Philippines’ biggest wind farm.

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Published at 2023-05-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Environment, Technology

Tags: Ayala, Energy, Foreign, Ilocos, Marcos, windenergy

Manila’s Search for Energy Security

Manila’s Search for Energy Security

The Philippines has seen its needs for electricity steadily increase over the years just as the government wants to bring electricity to all the country’s 107 million residents by 2022. At the same time, the country wants to wean itself off coal-fired power plants, which have been a mainstay of domestic electricity generation.

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Published at 2020-06-21 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Environment, News and Events, Technology

Tags: Energy, Power, electricity

Our Lockdown with Tao and the ‘Lost Boys’ of Palawan

Our Lockdown with Tao and the ‘Lost Boys’ of Palawan

When President Rodrigo Duterte announced the Covid-19 lockdown and enhanced community quarantines, our family was blessed to be in Palawan. From a remote island, we made our way to the Tao Philippines main basecamp. Tao is a community that is addressing all the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Published at 2020-06-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Travel

Tags: Bamboo, Education, Energy, Island, Island, Nature, Palawan, climate, environment, farming, fishing, forest, locals, plastic, women

How the Philippines Can Lead in Floating Solar Technology in Asia

How the Philippines Can Lead in Floating Solar Technology in Asia

If solar panels can withstand the waters of the typhoon-prone country, they should survive anywhere in the region, said an expert. Will regulators allow ongoing pilot projects to be scaled up?

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Published at 2019-11-20 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Environment, News and Events

Tags: Energy, Laguna, Philippines, country, lakes, typhoons

Environment and Energy

Environment and Energy

UNDP works on enhancing the environment's carrying capacity to support the country's sustained economic growth, alleviating poverty in the process. This is through the: evolution and refinement of the legislative, institutional, and regulatory framework; use of market-based mechanisms and adoption of environmentally sustainable technologies to encourage private sector participation in environmental protection as well as greater community alliance in the formulation and implementation of local...

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Published at 2018-02-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Environment

Tags: Energy, environment