(PE2 note: This energy sector year-ender article in the 3 January 2020 issue of the Philippine Star highlights PE2’s push for fiscal incentives to mobilize a sizeable bulk of the P 12 trillion energy efficiency capital gap through 2040.)
MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively impacted the energy sector but it has opened up a window of opportunity to reset and realign the sector.
Both demand in electricity and petroleum has dropped significantly as economic activity came to a halt since the COVID-19 lockdown started.
(PE2 note: Danessa Rivera interviews CEOs of DOE, NREB, AboitizPower, AC Energy and PE2 in this year-end energy feature for DOE. The article highlights PE2’s push for fiscal incentives to implement 45,900 MW virtual generation through energy efficiency as a “new energy asset class.”)
THE PHILIPPINES marks a pivotal year for the power industry as it decides to shun new coal power developments in the future.
MAKATI CITY, 6 November 2020 – The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) jointly met with Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) President Emmanuel G. Herbosa earlier today to kick-off a three-way conversation on how all three entities can work together to enable energy efficiency (EE) financing especially for projects hosted by government entities. PE2 organized the virtual meeting, which was held via Zoom.
SINGAPORE, 3 November 2020 – Nine country energy service company (ESCO) associations of the Asia-Pacific ESCO Industry Alliance (APEIA) held its 5th APEIA Meeting earlier today, where it approved actions toward the incorporation of a legal entity in Singapore. During the same meeting, it welcomed the Thai ESCO Association as the ninth country ESCO organization to participate as a regular member of APEIA.
MAKATI CITY, 27 October 2020 – The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) and the Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) jointly held today the energy efficiency (EE) Forum entitled “Promoting Energy Conserving Building Designs,” the fourth webinar under the ECCP-PE2 partnership for the Energy Smart Forum Series 2020.
R.A. 11285 - An Act Institutionalizing Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Enhancing the Efficient Use of Energy, and Granting Incentives to Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects
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