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PEDC awarded as top importer by Bureau of Customs
Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC), a subsidiary of Global Business Power Corporation (GBP), was recently awarded with a plaque of recognition by the Bureau of Customs for being the Top 1 importer, resulting to 17% revenue share contribution and commendable...
GBP supports DepEd Iloilo’s Bulig-Basa project
In attendance during the simple ceremonial turnover of the printed modules by GBP for the implementation of the Bulig-Basa project were (from left): Mr. Roel F. Bermejo, PhD, CESO V - Schools Division Superintendent for Division of Iloilo; Mr. Eugenio L. Mallorca, PhD...
MGreen partners with Vena Energy for 68MWac solar project in Ilocos Norte
MGen Renewable Energy, Inc. (MGreen) recently entered into a joint venture agreement with Vena Energy (Vena), a leading renewable energy company in the Asia-pacific region, for the development, construction, and operation of a 68 MWac solar plant in Ilocos Norte under...
A1E-supported fisherfolk group now a registered cooperative
The Atimonan Coastal Food Production Cooperative is the group behind the Atimonan’s homegrown Aplaya Spanish Sardines. Atimonan Coastal Food Production Association, the local fisherfolk group in Quezon province supported by Atimonan One Energy, Inc....
GBP marks 18th anniversary
By Panay News GBP receives Silver Anvil Award for its Adopt-A-Health Center Program during the 55th Anvil Awards. GLOBAL Business Power Corporation (GBP) is instrumental in shaping the region into what it is today and what it will become in the future. For 18...
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P56-billion PHL’s 1st supercritical coal-fired power plant switches on in Quezon
By Lenie Lectura | Business Mirror MAUBAN, Quezon—San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL) inaugurated here the country’s first supercritical coal-fired power plant, providing Luzon 500 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity. The P56.2-billion power plant started...
PH’s most advanced coal plant inaugurated
By Jed Macapagal | Malaya MAUBAN, Quezon Province – San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. inaugurated yesterday the Philippines’ first supercritical coal-fired power plant here with a gross capacity of 500 megawatts (MW). The project is a partnership between Meralco...
Coal-fired power plant inaugurated in Quezon
BY JORDEENE B. LAGARE |Manila Times MAUBAN, Quezon: San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL) inaugurated on Tuesday its 500-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant, a first in the Philippines. The P52.6-billion power plant of SBPL — a joint venture of...
P56-B San Buenaventura power plant switched on
By Angelica Ballesteros | The Daily Tribune MAUBAN, Quezon — Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) officially launched on Tuesday the full operations of its P56.2-billion supercritical coal-fired power plant here. The facility, called the San Buenaventura Power...
SBPL’s 500 MW coal-fired plant to switch on Tuesday
By Lenie Lectura | Business Mirror SAN Buenaventura Power Ltd. (SBPL) will “switch on” its 500-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant in Mauban, Quezon, on Tuesday, injecting the much additional capacity needed in the Luzon grid. SBPL, a partnership...
More ‘milestones’ needed
By Marichu A. Villanueva |The Philippine Star ROME – By the time this comes out, we would already be back in Manila after 14 hours of flight from here, excluding four hours of lay-over via Abu Dhabi. It was almost a week-long stay in Italy but it felt like we did...
Duterte orders strict compliance by power plants: Efficiency, environmental standards
By Myrna M. Velasco | Manila Bulletin President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure that the power plants operating in the country are strictly complying with operational efficiency standards as well as on environmental laws...
ERC issues provisional operating license to 500-MW Meralco plant
By Myrna M. Velasco | Manila Bulletin Amid tight supply scare, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had fast-tracked the issuance of a provisional authority (PA) to temporarily serve as the license-to-operate for the 500-megawatt (MW) San Buenaventura power...
Quezon power plant gets ERC green light to operate
By Victor V. Saulon | Business World MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) has secured provisional authority from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to start operating San Buenaventura Power Ltd.’s (SBPL) 500-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant and provide baseload...
ERC issues PAO to 1st coal-fired plant using supercritical tech
By Lenie Lectura | Business Mirror THE Luzon grid will soon be assured of 500 megawatts (MW) of new power-generation capacity following the issuance of the Provisional Authority to Operate (PAO) the country’s first coal-fired power plant to use supercritical...