Already producing more than one-quarter of its electricity from renewable energy sources, the Philippines has a proven track record in developing large-scale, economically viable green energy projects. But while earlier power plants have consisted almost exclusively of hydro and geothermal power, the country’s new National Renewable Energy Programme...
The emergence of new hydrocarbons fields has helped the Philippine energy sector make up for declining output starting in the mid-1990s. While primary energy demand continues to outstrip diminishing domestic production, output from relatively recently exploited reserves such as the Galoc oil field and the Malampaya natural gas field are offsetting...
With electricity consumption rising inexorably, power production almost entirely gas-based and Algeria’s leadership increasingly conscious of the need to husband exportable gas resources, the country is placing ever-greater hopes on renewable sources of energy. This is particularly the case as a means of feeding domestic demand for electricity, but...
In recent years, conventional reserves of fossil fuels such as oil and gas have been steadily dwindling. With renewables not yet sufficiently developed to end dependence on these resources, the world faced a stark choice: either return to more hazardous and more polluting sources such as nuclear and coal, or accept dramatically higher energy prices...
The biggest contract in the history of the Algerian power sector was signed in September 2013 by US multinational General Electric (GE) and Société Algérienne de la Production d’Electricité, the production subsidiary of state-owned Sonelgaz. It provided for delivery of the equivalent of around 70% of the generating capacity Algeria has in place at...
Long-pending and extensive amendments to Algeria’s 2005 Hydrocarbons Law cleared parliament in January 2013 and were passed into law shortly after. The changes were made in part to attract investment into unconventional resources and stoke interest in new bidding offers, following three rounds in recent years that produced disappointing results.
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