Philippines confirms 600 renewable energy projects
The Philippine Department of Energy had approved a total of 616 renewable energy projects as of 31 October this year
The Philippines will have over 600 renewable energy projects operational and the government has announced that it will scale its clean energy infrastructure.
The Philippine Department of Energy had approved a total of 616 renewable energy projects as of 31 October this year.
Hydropower is the leading energy source with a total of 344 projects and 7.39 GW capacity having been approved by the agency.
The agency also approved 105 solar power projects totalling 2.55 GW capacity, 65 biomass projects with 255 MW capacity, 52 wind energy projects with 3.35 GW capacity, 46 geothermal projects with 750 MW capacity, and 7 ocean energy projects with 26 MW capacity.
A number of these projects were selected under the feed-in tariff policy announced by the country’s Government.
The policy has received a significant response from project developers who have urged the government to expand the scope of the policy to cover additional capacity.
Apart from the projects approved, the agency is considering a further 272 projects representing just over 5 GW capacity.
