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Philippines urged to build more biomass plants

November 29, 2015 - 9:00am

The Philippines should build more biomass plants, taking advantage of abundance of agricultural by-products and other waste materials, industry players said.

Business

San Carlos Solar Energy gets ERC certificate

By Iris Gonzales | March 21, 2015 - 12:00am

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has granted San Carlos Solar Energy (Sacasol) a certificate of compliance (COC) under the feed-in-tariff (FIT) system.

Business

DOE to decide on ethanol tariff this month

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | November 8, 2011 - 12:00am

The Department of Energy (DOE) is set to decide on the issue of tariff on ethanol products this month, a ranking DOE official said.

Business

German bizmen pouring P2.5B investments

By Danny B. Dangcalan | October 21, 2011 - 12:00am

German investors belonging to the Thomas Lloyd Group are pouring about P2.59 billion ($60 million) in investments into the 18-megawatt biomass plant of San Carlos BioPower to be built in the San Carlos City ecozone,...

Freeman Region

San Carlos Bioenergy halts production pending resolution of tariff issue

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | October 18, 2010 - 12:00am

San Carlos Bioenergy Inc. (SCBI), which supplies ethanol to Petron Corp., has stopped its production pending resolution of the tariff issue on imported ethanol.

Business

RP may lose P51 billion worth of investments in bioethanol

By Marianne V. Go | October 8, 2010 - 12:00am

At least P51 billion in potential investments in bioethanol projects may be lost due to the failure of the government to assure investors that it will nurture the initially capital intensive bioethanol industry,...

Business

UK, local group to invest P6B on 2 ethanol projects in RP

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | February 11, 2008 - 12:00am

Business

US raises RP sugar quota by 21.7% to 173,000 tons

By Rocel Felix | August 13, 2006 - 12:00am

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised the sugar export allocation of the Philippines by 21.71 percent to 173,025 metric tons (MT) of raw sugarcane for quota year (QY) 2006-2007. ...

Business

US raises RP sugar quota by 21.7% to 173,000 tons

By Rocel Felix | August 13, 2006 - 12:00am

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised the sugar export allocation of the Philippines by 21.71 percent to 173,025 metric tons (MT) of raw sugarcane for quota year (QY) 2006-2007. ...

Business

Government asked to stop Kraft from importing pre-mixed juices at low tariff

By Rocel Felix | June 22, 2006 - 12:00am

The local sugar sector is asking government to stop allowing Kraft Foods Philippines Inc. from importing premixed juices at a very low common effective preferential tariff (CEFT) rate of only three percent. "More...

Business