“The President stressed the need to diversify our sources of power and energy, and renewable energy is the key because this is indigenous and therefore readily available for us, not subject to the volatilities of the external market,” Energy-- READ MORE:
“The President stressed the need to diversify our sources of power and energy, and renewable energy is the key because this is indigenous and therefore readily available for us, not subject to the volatilities of the external market,” Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said during the post-SONA forum at the Hilton Manila in Pasay City.
“Under the vision of the President, 43 percent of that should at least be renewable energy. But renewable energy as you know is site-specific and therefore connectivity is at the core of RE. We have to connect the source to the market,” Lotilla said.Philippine Independent Power Producers Association Inc.
PIPPA welcomed the performance review of the National Grid Corporation and said it was looking forward to working with NGCP as a critical partner “not only of the generation sector, but together with the distribution sector, for the achievement of a truly unified grid that will be adequate, open, responsive and non-discriminatory.”
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