Press Releases
A1E continues its support to mangrove planting activities
Some volunteers from fisherfolks community in Atimonan during the mangrove planting activity held last March 22 at Brgy. Balugohin coastal area. As part of its commitment to contribute to environmental protection, Atimonan One Energy, Inc. (A1E) on March...
A1E wins Excellence Quill award for its Aplaya Sardines livelihood program
Members from Atimonan Coastal Food Production Association, the group behind the Atimonan’s homegrown Aplaya Spanish Sardines. Atimonan One Energy, Inc. (A1E) has won an Excellence Award for its livelihood project during the 18th Philippine Quill Awards...
PFBSI achieves 1.5 Million Safe Man-hours
PFBSI Site and Construction Manager Ryan Panela awarded a plaque of recognition to SUMEC, represented by Project Director Lennon Zhong, for achieving 1.5 Million safe man-hours at the power plant site in Bulacan. PowerSource First Bulacan Solar, Inc. (PFBSI)...
A1E Contractors Conduct 4-day Coastal Clean Up Drive
Some employees and construction workers of Atimonan One Energy, Inc (A1E) project contractors who joined the coastal cleanup drive last January 29. As part of their commitment to environmental stewardship, contractors and sub-contractors of Atimonan One Energy,...
A1E, Rex Bookstore turn over PHP4.5M worth of books to Atimonan schools
Carmelo Eusebio Altamira and Soleta Agravante, DepEd Atimonan District Supervisor, together with two principals from Junior High Schools in Atimonan received the books donated by Rex Bookstore. As a part of their continuing support to distance learning amidst...
In the News
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...