Press Releases

MGreen gets funding for solar projects

MGEN Renewable Energy, Inc. (MGreen) has secured equity funding amounting to P424 million that will be used to invest in various solar projects under development. These solar projects have a combined capacity of 210 megawatts (MW) and total combined project cost of...

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Meralco to Invest in 1,000MW Green Energy Projects

Meralco to Invest in 1,000MW Green Energy Projects

MERALCO POWERGEN PRESIDENT AND CEO ROGELIO L. SINGSON AND MERALCO PRESIDENT AND CEO ATTY. RAY C. ESPINOSA   Manila, Philippines (June 5, 2019) – Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) today announced a significant expansion of its plans to invest in renewable energy...

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Atimonan ready for development; gets new land use plan

Atimonan ready for development; gets new land use plan

IN PHOTO (L-R): Architect Grace Ramos of Grandt Planners, Inc.; Atimonan One Energy, Inc. (A1E) Development Manager Christopher Chua; Atimonan Mayor Rustico Joven Mendoza; MERALCO PowerGen (MGen) President & CEO Rogelio Singson; and MGen Executive Vice President...

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In the News

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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