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Archive for Philippines
This is the next blog based on the encyclopedia of energy, this time focusing on the Philippines. The archipelago is in the south of Taiwan and north of Indonesia and consists of over 7,000 islands. About a third of its population live below the poverty line, and only 65% have permanent and stable access to [...]
Renewable Energy in the Philippines
08 Mar 2011
by Daphné Barbotte (REEEP SEAP) - Category: Regional News
The Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands, 2,880 of which are inhabited, located to the south of Taiwan and the north of Indonesia. Due to its relatively small indigenous energy exploitation, the Philippines relies on imported energy sources. Imported coal and crude oil accounted for 50% of the total energy supply in 2007, [...]
News from South East Asia and Pacific (July 2010)
22 Jul 2010
by REEEP South-East-Asia and Pacific - Category: Regional News
Find below the most interesting news from the last months from South East Asia and the Pacific on “Policy Developments”, “Project Developments “, “Access to Finance”, “Energy for All” and “Information and Tools”: Policy Developments: June Special Forum Energy Ministers Meeting on Pacific energy security: Concerned about the impact of energy prices on Pacific economies, [...]
Philippines: Renewable energy revolutionaries
04 Jun 2009
by Maaike Göbel, REEEP South East Asia and Pacific - Category: News
Heralded as a landmark move by the government, in December 2008, the Philippine president signed the Renewable Energy Act (RE Act), demonstrating the country’s commitment to developing renewable energy (RE) in its objective to utilise sustainable energy practices. The Act seeks to make the country 60% energy sufficient by 2010 and to mitigate problems caused [...]
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