EDC’s GeoSkwela 2021: Negros Beyond Sustainability encourages regenerative practices among the Negrense youth

Media Release December 3, 2021 #edcgeoskwela2021 Post-event   First Gen-owned Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is bringing back Geoskwela to Negros Island to continue inspiring the youth to be good stewards of the environment. This year’s theme GeoSkwela 2021: Negros Beyond Sustainability will recognize the region’s budding content creators through a vlogging competition on encouraging young […]

Burgos wind farm receives safety seal certification

By Leilanie Adriano | Philippine News Agency   SAFETY SEAL. This 680-hectare combined wind and solar farm in Burgos, Ilocos Norte adheres to minimum health and safety standards on Covid-19. It supplies power to more than two million households in the Philippines. LAOAG CITY — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has conferred a […]

Yes, the business of living can go on in a decarbonized future, EDC proves

By Lenie Lectura | businessmirror.com.ph Businesses may now choose renewable energy and get them directly from licensed retail electricity suppliers like EDC’s BacMan Geothermal, Inc. At the height of the pandemic last year, geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) set the bar higher by committing to forge collaborative pathways for a decarbonized and regenerative future. […]

Regenerating through Geo24/7

By Jordeene B. Lagare | The Manila Times     “Code red” alert is now raised on Earth.   First Gen-owned renewable energy leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has been sounding the doomsday alarm over climate change in all its annual integrated reports and information campaigns to send a wake-up call because we are running out […]

EDC to accelerate RE ventures

By  Jordeene B. Lagare | The Manila Times   Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has obtained its board’s go signal to engage in the generation, sale, and supply of renewable energy (RE) as well as provide ancillary services. In a disclosure to the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp., EDC said its board of directors approved the amendment to […]

Converge, EDC ink power supply deal

Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has tapped Energy Development Corporation to energize the fiber internet provider’s Comclark’s IT Reliance building in Pasig City.

Powering HCG’s bathroom solutions with Geo 24/7

Some say that our bathroom reflects our personality. Is it simple, clean, luxurious, or stylish? What brand are your fixtures? Were they sustainably sourced?   For Hocheng Philippines Corp., otherwise known as HCG, they’ve chosen to follow the road that leads to sustainability by creating partnerships with like-minded companies as they provide the materials for […]

Cebu-based steel firm secures RE power from EDC

Myrna M. Velasco | Manila Bulletin   Cebu-based steel manufacturing firm Chioson Development Corporation (CDC) has shifted power use into renewable energy (RE), and it signed up with Energy Development Corporation (EDC) to become its electricity service provider.   According to EDC, which is a subsidiary of Lopez-led energy firm First Gen Corporation, the steel […]

Burgos wind farm cited for high compliance practices

Leilanie Adriano | Philippine News Agency     LAOAG CITY–First Gen-owned Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the country’s largest renewable energy producer, was recognized for its Burgos wind farm’s exemplary compliance with spot market rules.   During the recent Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) Compliance Officers (WCO) Summit 2021, the 150-megawatt renewable energy power producer located […]

First Gen profit up 11% on strong power sales

Revin Mikhael D. Ochave | bwordonline.com   FIRST Gen Corp. recorded an 11% increase in its first-half recurring net income attributable to equity holders to P7.1 billion carried by stronger electricity sales and prices.   The Lopez group’s power generation said in a stock exchange disclosure on Friday that its consolidated revenues from the sale […]