Philippines

Six South Korean frims have expressed interest in joining PNOC-EC in building two coal mine-mouth power plants in Isabela and Zamboanga Sibugay worth $400 million.

Luzon Hydro Corp has been given a notice of default by Napocor due to delay in the completion of the tunnel lining repair of Bakun hydroelectric power plant.

Philippines' Meralco PowerGen is negotiating with South Korea’s Hyundai Group for the engineering, procurement and construction contract of its $1.2-billion Subic coal-fired power facility.

A separate pricing methodology will be implemented by the Philippines' Energy Regulatory Commission for the import-and-export of renewable energy into the power grid.

Ayala Corp will beef up its energy portfolio with 1,000 megawatt capacity in the next 5 years for an estimated US$2.5 billion investment.

The ADB and Procter & Gamble are looking at waste-to-energy power plants as among the solutions to eliminate landfills in the Philippines.

The Philippines largest single offering of mini-hydropower projects to the private sector is to be auctioned in the fourth quarter.

Meralco, the Philippines’ largest power distributor, makes its first renewable energy investment.

At least four groups with an aggregate capacity of 280MW are vying for the 220MW capacity for feed-in-tariff support for wind power installations.

Experimental gas supply has been provided to Bangladesh's national grid.

Meralco hopes to construct 2,500 to 3,000 megawatts of diversified power generation portfolio to meet its supply over the medium term.

Sagittarius Mines, Inc. and Alsons Energy Development Corporation wil conduct a joint feasibility study for the possible development by AEDC of a coal-fired power station.

A power supply agreement between Socoteco II and the upcoming 100MW Sarangani coal plant has been approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission.