Hydro plants profitable, says exec
A Malacañang official said she was among those opposing the sale of the Agus and Pulangi hydropower plants because it wasn’t justifiable.
View ArticleCut in hydropower shares protested
The towns of Pangasinan and Benguet, which host the San Roque Dam, are complaining about massive cuts in their annual shares from taxes and revenues generated by the 345-megawatt San Roque...
View ArticleBigger plot seen in Mindanao power woes
An independent senatorial candidate pinned the blame on Mindanao’s continuing crisis in electricity on government neglect of two hydropower facilities that he said are being left to rot to allow their...
View ArticleEstrada son says gov’t keeping hydro plants in disrepair
The clamor for the government to improve, instead of sell, two hydropower facilities in Mindanao is growing louder as another congressman, Rep. JV Ejercito-Estrada, appealed to government to drop plans...
View ArticleBukidnon facility saves Mindanao from more brownouts – for now
The increased capacity of the Agus-Pulangui Hydropower Complex in Bukidnon has saved Mindanao from power outages, which in recent months ran up to eight hours a day in some places, according to an...
View ArticleJobs for Mangyans seen in P1.5-B hydropower project
A P1.5-billion hydropower project has been launched in Mindoro Oriental by a green energy company that the company, in a statement, said would provide jobs for Mangyans in the province.
View ArticleGroup hits plan to make Mindanao power costly
A leader of a power consumers group warned against the use of what he said was the “Luzon solution” to the crisis in electricity besetting Mindanao, saying consumer welfare is being disregarded.
View ArticleFirm in Ilocos shows clean energy doable
Renewable energy firms have scaled up their investments—from small hydropower projects in the upland Cordillera region to wind-farm projects in the coastlines of the Ilocos region—in order to fill an...
View ArticleEnergy-starved Nepal loses Norwegian power plant project
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Norwegian company said it has canceled plans to build a $1.5 billion hydropower plant in Nepal to generate electricity in an energy-starved country where people get only a few...
View ArticleTribe pins hope on new leader for hydro project
AN INDIGENOUS people’s group from Northern Luzon expressed optimism that it could finally develop its own hydropower project straddling Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya provinces once presumptive...
View ArticleHydropower project to rise in Isabela
CITY OF ILAGAN - A 19.7-megawatt hydroelectric power system will rise in San Miguel village at Isabela's Echague town along the Ilaguen River.
View ArticleDisaster in the Himalayas: How a rare February landslide left over 200 dead
NEW DELHI — A landslide 20 kilometers west of Nanda Devi, India’s second-highest peak, resulted in a flash flood on February 7 that left more than 200 dead, and swept away two-state hydro-electric...
View ArticleOverall Mekong River flow patterns do not change–report finding
VIENTIANE — Two hydropower projects along Southeast Asia’s most important river have had measurable, but moderate, impact on water flow, sediment and fisheries, according to preliminary findings of a...
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