MANILA, May 27 (Reuters) - Philippine electricity producer National Power Corp (Napocor) said on Wednesday it has awarded a contract to oil and gas explorer PNOC-Exploration Corp (PEC.PS) (PECB.PS) to supply 100,000 tonnes of coal to the state-run power firm.
PNOC-EC bid 3,890.7 pesos ($82.24) per tonne for the local blended coal meant for the [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Austria-based International Atomic Energy Agency has committed to support the Philippine government in establishing an independent nuclear energy body, according to Energy Secretary Angelo T. Reyes.
In a statement, Reyes said Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the IAEA secretariat, also assured the Philippines of the UN agency’s “continued assistance especially in the area [...]

By Tonette Orejas
Philippine Daily Inquirer
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The environmental group Greenpeace has opposed a proposal in the Senate to re-commission the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in Morong, Bataan, urging the senators to push instead for the use of renewable sources to ensure energy security.
Lea Guerrero, Greenpeace media campaigner in Southeast Asia, Sunday said [...]

(Update) MANILA, Philippines - Pilipinas Shell and Petron Corp. announced on Monday a rollback of their liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by P4 per kilogram or P44 per 11-kg tank effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
“We are very pleased to advise that effective midnight rollback kami (We will implement a rollback),” Shell spokesman Roberto Kanapi said on [...]

MANILA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Renewable energy sources will account for 67 percent of the electricity produced in the developing Asia by 2050, according to a report released on Friday.
Renewable energy will supplant the need for nuclear energy and reducing requirements for fossil fuel-fired power plants, said the report jointly released [...]