Press Releases

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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50MW BulacanSol power plant starts commercial operations

50MW BulacanSol power plant starts commercial operations

The 50-megawatts (MW) solar power plant of PowerSource First Bulacan Solar, Inc. (PFBSI) has officially started commercial operations and now provides clean and renewable power to the Luzon grid. Now called BulacanSol, the newly completed plant secured a clearance to...

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A1E continues its support to mangrove planting activities

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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