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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang bago sa renewable energy?

Ibinida ni President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang renewable energy sa kanyang State of the Nation Address noong July 24. Bakit ito priority ng Marcos administration?

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Department of Energy, 2023 List of Existing Power Plants in Grid areas for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, June 30, 2023

Greenpeace Philippines, Greenpeace: Climate agenda a “no-show” in SONA 2023. July 24, 2023

IBON Foundation, On changing the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution: More foreign investment does not mean more development. Jan. 26, 2023

National Geographic, Renewable Energy Explained

Oxfam Pilipinas, Oxfam calls for renewable energy shift in Philippines following release of new climate change report. April 5, 2022

P4P – People for Power Coalition, STATEMENT OF THE POWER FOR PEOPLE COALITION ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS, JR. July 24, 2023

Philippine Information Agency, Mawallil pushes utilization of solar energy systems to reduce cost of electricity. June 19, 2022

Philippine Information Agency, LANDBANK bankrolls P1.15B waste-to-energy power plant in Nueva Ecija. May 25, 2022

Philippine Information Agency, BOI greenlights P185M Ifugao hydropower plant to cater to rising electricity demand in Luzon. March 19, 2022

Philippine Information Agency, Albay, Sorsogon get P29.1M fund as EDC BacMan geoplant hosts. Aug. 17, 2021

Philippine News Agency. PH still open to exploration of untapped gas fields. May 20, 2023

Philippine Statistics Authority, Approved Foreign Investments Reached PhP 172.70 Billion in First Quarter 2023, May 16, 2023

Pilipinas: Coal-Free by 2023, 50% RE BY 2040 ANG TARGET NI PBBM. Hindi kaya lubog na ang Pilipinas niyan?. July 24, 2023

Reuters, Philippines’ lower house opens door to amending charter. March 6, 2023

United Nations, What is renewable energy?

U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wave power. Aug. 10, 2022

U.S. International Trade Administration, Philippines Energy Market. April 22, 2020

Wikimedia Commons, Bangui Windmills. June 30, 2020

 

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