The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has received 331 applications from industry stakeholders seeking the certification of their power projects as “energy projects of national significance [EPNS].”
As of January 11, the DOE said in its website that 293 applications were accepted while 38, or 11 percent, were notified of their noncompliance as to form or documentary requirements.
To date, the DOE has awarded certificates of EPNS to 12 power projects including to the Kalinga geothermal-power project of Aragorn Power and Energy Corp. (APEC).
The Executive Order states that the CEPNS is not an assurance or an automatic guarantee of favorable action by the permitting agencies, but a requirement from them to immediately act on the applications for permits/licenses within the prescribed periods under prevailing laws.
From the Global Geothermal News archives:
- Monday, January 14, 2019 - Philippines: Grid Impact Study Approved for 120 MW Kalinga Geothermal Power Project
- Monday, October 15, 2018 - Philippines: Drilling at 100 MW Kalinga Geothermal Project to Start in 2019
- Monday, August 20, 2018 - Philippines: Kalinga Geothermal Prospect "an Energy Project of National Significance"
- Monday, September 22, 2014 - Philippines: APC Group Set to Drill Two Wells in Kalinga Geothermal Prospect
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - Philippines: APC to Invest $300m in Geothermal Project in Kalinga Province
