Energy

Forces coalesced in 2014 to grant the Philippines’ renewable energy industry its most productive year to date. Spurred on by mounting concerns over the looming energy shortfall, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has opened the sector to investment by boosting the renewable capacity approved for the renewable energy incentive scheme ten-fold in...

As the economy has continued its robust growth over the past decade, and spending among the expanding middle class has increased, demand for electricity has risen accordingly. However, while sales have gone up by an annual average of 3.89% from 2001-13, according to the Department of Energy (DoE), power generation capacity growth has lagged far...

While hydrocarbons production in the Philippines has declined in recent decades, the exploration of new territory holds the potential to stave off dependence on foreign imports, if not reverse the trend altogether. Unfortunately, a host of obstacles will need to be overcome in order to achieve any significant improvement even in the short-to-medium...

In a country with over 60% of its electricity generation capacity powered by hydroelectric plants, renewable energy is no novelty in Panama. However, the need to diversify the generation base has led to interest in other technologies, especially wind and solar. Panama has good resources available for both. The average annual sum of global horizontal irradiance for the...