EDC’s Tongonan plant is lone recipient of DENR’s Seal of Approval

  Receiving the PEPP award are Leonita Sabando, head of Environmental Unit and acting Pollution Control Officer for Tongonan plant (third from left) and Regina Pascual, EDC environmental head (fourth from left) .  Photo shows from left to right: DENR PEPP Office Head Michiko Navaluna, ASEC Rommel Abesamis, Leonita Sabando, Regina Pascual, FASPO Director Mr. […]

North Luzon cooperatives choose renewable power

Geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) signed a Power Supply Agreement (PSA) with Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC), Mountain Province Electric Cooperative (MOPRECO), and Kalinga-Apayao Electric Cooperative (KAELCO).  EDC will be supplying up to 53 MW of clean, reliable, and uninterruptible power to the three electric cooperatives starting  December 26, 2016 until December 25,2018. “EDC […]

Lopez Group builds typhoon resilient classrooms for Bicol schools

The Lopez Group led by Energy Development Corporation (EDC) and Rockwell Land Corporation (RLC) completed the construction of four typhoon-resilient classrooms in the Bicol region.  About 180 students will benefit from the new classrooms in Nagutgot Elementary School in Manito, Albay and Rizal Integrated National School in Rizal, Sorsogon. EDC President and COO Richard Tantoco […]

Panorama: Education Makes A Difference

    The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is a pioneer in generating 100% clean, renewable, and reliable power as an electricity supplier in the Philippines for over 40 years. With power plants all over Visayas and Mindanao, the company is one of the biggest producers of geothermal energy in Asia and is expanding its reach […]

EDC to supply green power to large Central Luzon University

Geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) now supplies green energy to the campus of Central Luzon State University (CLSU), the oldest and largest state university in Region 3.  CLSU gets up to 2.9 megawatts of clean, reliable, and uninterruptible power from EDC after the school signed a Retail Supply Contract with EDC affiliate First Gen […]

EDC wins Best ASEAN Sustainability Report Award

 The country’s biggest geothermal company, Energy Development Corporation (EDC), won the Best Sustainability Report Award for its 2014 performance report entitled “Execute and Deliver” in the recently concluded ASEAN Corporate Sustainability Awards held at the Manila Marriot Grand Ballroom Hotel.   EDC bested other companies in the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and India that were shortlisted […]

Manila Bulletin: EDC reaches out to community

  The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is a pioneer in generating 100% clean, renewable, and reliable power as an electricity supplier in the Philippines for over 40 years. With power plants all over Visayas and Mindanao, the company is one of the biggest producers of geothermal energy in Asia and is expanding its reach in […]

EDC ventures into solar rooftop; seals deal with Gaisano Capital malls

  Finalizing the Deal (L-R) EDC President & COO Richard B. Tantoco, Gaisano Capital VP for Operations Edmund S. Gaisano, Jr. and  First Gen Energy Solutions VP Carlos Lorenzo A. Vega      Energy Development Corporation (EDC) and First Gen Energy Solutions, Inc. (FGES) has partnered with Gaisano Capital to provide low carbon and environment-friendly […]

EDC shares expertise through 3 publications on forest restoration

  Copies of the Forest Restoration manual were turned over to DENR through Sec. Ramon Paje last June 6, 2016. EDC is represented by Ramon A. Carandang (right), head of Corporate Affairs Group and Atty. Allan B. Barcena, head of Watershed Department. Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the country’s largest Renewable Energy company, in a move […]

Hawaii explores possible collaboration with Lopez-led EDC for clean energy transformation

Filipino-American Luis P. Salaveria (third from left), the visiting head of the State of Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, shakes hands with Manuel S. Ogena, senior vice president and head of the Geosciences and Reservoir Engineering Group of Energy Development Corporation (EDC), during a meeting in Manila. Salaveria visited the Philippines and met […]