CNN’s Eco Solutions is featuring EDC and geothermal energy, filmed in Leyte, site of the world’s largest wet steam field. Leyte Geothermal Production Field Resident VP Manuel Paete appears in the 2-minuter feature. Pres. and COO Richard Tantoco provides a commentary. Catch the episode which runs for the next two weeks at CNN. It was aired last February 25 in a segment of the news program “World Report” anchored by Kristie Lu Stout.
EDC’s geothermal business was first featured by CNN in 2007.
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Philippines taps geothermal potential — CNN.com video
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 the international market, allowing it to offer customers affordable energy rates. EDC also strives to provide the best customer service it can to all its clients by having helpful salespeople and easy to understand contracts. Because of all of this, it is poised to become the premier supplier of electricity for the Philippines’ Green Energy Option Program. EDC takes its mission as a renewable energy provider seriously and goes beyond sustainability by investing in programs that enhance the environment and empower its partner communities, thereby fostering regenerative development. The company has also been working toward being carbon-neutral by improving its energy efficiency, as well as implementing various greening projects to ensure that its mission to provide future generations with a better life remains intact.
