Friday, October 26, 2012

Philippines:

Renewable Energy Provides More than 50% of Philippines  Power (Balita News)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)
The country’s power requirement is fueled mostly by renewable and green energy.

Energy Director for Visayas Antonio E. Labios on Thursday indicated in his series of special lecture that renewable and green energy sources account for 50.85 percent of the country’s installed capacity as of April 2012 while coal has 30.42 percent and oil based at 18.53 percent.

Of the renewable sources, hydropower has the highest share at 21.60 percent; geothermal contributes 11.03 percent; natural gas has 17.70; biomass has .51 percent and solar gas with .01 percent.

In terms of the gross generation, which include those that are not connected to the grid, still renewable and green sources contribute the highest at 58.19 percent while coal and oil base combined provided 41.81 percent of the country’s energy.

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