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The government of the Philippines has legislated a number of policies in order to increase the use of renewable energy by the country. The government has committed to raising to 50% the contribution of renewables of its total electricity generating capacity, [ 2 ] with 15.3 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. [ 3 ]
The Department of Energy (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Enerhiya, abbreviated as DOE) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for preparing, integrating, manipulating, organizing, coordinating, supervising, and controlling all plans, programs, projects and activities of the Government relative to energy exploration, development, utilization, distribution and conservation.
A subsidiary, the Solar Philippines Nueva Ecija Corp. (SPNEC), which is intended to operate the Nueva Ecija Solar Farm as the world's largest solar farm was listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange in December 2021 [1] [2] SPNEC was renamed as SP New Energy Corp. in 2022. [3] SPNEC began construction of the solar farm in 2021. [4]
The government has approved feed-in-tariff (FIT) rates for renewable energy in 2014 for wind, solar, hydroelectric and biomass energy at a rate lower than those asked for by renewable energy developers. Hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, wind power and solar plants operate in the Philippines.
SaCaSol I is a 45-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power plant, [3] owned by San Carlos Solar Energy Inc. (SaCaSol), and located in San Carlos, Negros Occidental, Philippines. At the time of grid connection, it is the largest solar plant in the Philippines and the country’s first utility-scale, privately financed solar power plant.
According to the Department of Energy Act of 1992, the secretary of energy has the following functions: [1] Establish policies and standards for the effective, efficient, and economical operation of the department in accordance with the programs of the government;
The Helios Solar Power Plant is a 132.5 MW solar power plant in Cadiz, Negros Occidental, Philippines. [1] Upon its completion, the facility located in a 176-hectare (430-acre) land in Hacienda Paz, Barangay Tinampaan and is the largest solar power facility in Southeast Asia upon its commissioning. [2]
The total primary energy consumption of the Philippines in 2012 was 30.2 Mtoe (million Tonnes of oil equivalent), [2] most of which came from fossil fuels.Electricity consumption in 2010 was 64.52 TWh, of which almost two-thirds came from fossil fuels, 21% from hydroelectric plants, and 13% from other renewable sources.