First Gen inks power supply contract with carrageenan exporter

By Danessa Rivera | philstar.com   MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led First Gen Corp. has added Philippine Bio-Industries Inc. (PBI), one of the country’s biggest exporters of refined carrageenan blends, to its customers who have shifted to renewable energy.   PBI, through parent firm W Hydrocolloids Inc., signed a one-year contract with First Gen’s licensed retail […]

Geothermal in the Philippines–an urgent revamp of targets and development needed

By Alexander Richer | thinkgeoenergy.com   The Philippines keeps dropping in renewable energy deployment despite ambitious targets. Targets, strategy, and approach to foster development are needed, particularly for a key resource in the country–geothermal energy.   With climate change being a direct threat to the population of the Philippines, think hurricanes, etc, particularly the densely […]