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MGen, project companies support the fight against COVID-19; turn over PhP1.5 Million worth of goods to Quezon province
MGen and SBPL on May 1 turned over PhP1.5 Million worth of relief support to Quezon Provincial Government. In the photo are Patrick Collantes of MGen/A1E, Ma. Christina Talavera of the Office of Gov. Danilo Suarez, and Chuckie Rivera of SBPL. Meralco PowerGen...
MGen site activities suspended
In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s order on the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) would like to announce that activities at sites owned by its project companies have been suspended since...
MGreen unit signs EPC contract for 50MWac Bulacan Solar Project
PowerSource First Bulacan Solar, Inc. (PFBSI) on Friday executed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with SUMEC Complete Equipment & Engineering Co. Ltd. for its solar power project. The contract covers a 50-MWac solar plant in San Miguel,...
SBPL switches on PH’s most advanced coal power plant; boosts Luzon supply with 500 MW
San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL) on Wednesday marked the commercial operations of its new 500-Megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant with a Switch-On Celebration led by Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte. In his speech, President Duterte...
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Meralco eyes 1,000 MW of RE plants
By JORDEENE B. LAGARE | The Manila Times LISTED Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has unveiled plans to invest in renewable-energy (RE) projects with a total capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) over the next few years. “As we celebrate the World Environment Day, we...
Meralco goes big on RE
By Jed Macapagal | Malaya The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) eyes to bringing to 1,000 megawatts its renewable energy (RE) portfolio in the next five to seven years. The company has set up a new subsidiary focused on the endeavor. Ray Espinosa, president and...
Meralco to invest in more green energy projects
Janina C. Lim | Business World MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) on Tuesday said it is developing 1,000 megawatts of renewable energy projects in the next five to seven years. In a statement, Meralco President and Chief Executive Officer Ray C. Espinosa said the...
MGen submits land plan for Atimonan coal power plant
Meralco Power Gen Corp. (MGen) has submitted a land use plan to the local government of Atimonan in Quezon, which hosts the power company’s 2x600-megawatt (MW) ultra supercritical coal-fired power plant. Atimonan One Energy Inc. (A1E) and Grandt Planners have provided...
MGen submits land use plan for Atimonan town
Meralco PowerGen Corp. turned over the comprehensive land use plan to Atimonan officials last March 25. From left are: architect Grace C. Ramos of Grandt Planners, Inc.; Atimonan One Energy, Inc. (A1E) Development Manager Christopher Chua; Atimonan Mayor Rustico Joven...
Meralco offers help to develop Atimonan
MERALCO PowerGen Corp., the parent of Atimonan One Energy Inc., assured it is one with the local government unit in pushing for the progress of the town. A1E is the developer of a planned 1,200megawatt coalfired power plant, among the key infrastructures expected to...
Meralco eyes Thai firm partner for Atimonan project
The final choice on Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) prospective partner for the 1,200megawatt Atimonan coal-fired power project is a Thai company, with the Southeast Asian energy player dislodging the two other suitors of Meralco for that particular venture....
Meralco unit mulls moves for Atimonan coal power plant
The power generating arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will decide in the “next few months” whether it would proceed to build its 2x600-megawatt (MW) ultra supercritical coal-fired power plant in Atimonan, Quezon as a merchant plant given that its power...
Power distributor soon to decide on terms of coal plant
MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) is finalizing if it will push through with the construction of its 1,200 megawatts (MW) Atimonan One Energy coal power plant and initially sell the capacity in the spot market, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has yet...
ERC to resolve cases vs. Aboitiz, Meralco—CA
The Court of Appeals has paved the way for the Energy Regulatory Commission to resolve the anti-competition cases filed against power distributor Manila Electric Co. and two subsidiaries of Aboitiz Power Corp. over the shutdown of the Malampaya gas...