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One Renewable Energy Ent. Inc. (RESEARCH BY: JOSHUA GLENN F. DIAZ)

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TITLE: Climate change mitigation gets a boost with seaweed farming livelihood project
AUTHOR: One Renewable Energy Ent. Inc.
DATE: 17 November 2022
KEY INFO: The Philippines is considered as one of the highest seaweed producing countries in the world.  Seaweed farming is a carbon negative practice (removes CO2), with a high potential for climate change mitigation.

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Climate change mitigation gets a boost with seaweed farming livelihood project

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in partnership with the Mindanao Development Authority...

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Renewable energy: Future source of power (RESEARCH BY: JOSHUA GLENN F. DIAZ)

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URL: https://edgedavao.net/bigger-picture/2017/11/07/renewable-energy-future-source-power/
TITLE: Renewable energy: Future source of power
AUTHOR: Henrylito D. Tacio
DATE: 7 November 2017
KEY INFO: With the problem of climate change and the consequences it brings (food insecurity, floods, droughts, sea level rise, and coral bleaching to name a few), the international community is batting for renewable energy as possible solution to the problem of power crisis.

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Renewable energy: Future source of power

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Senator Loren Legarda, who co-authored and co-sponsored the Renewable Energy Law, said those words in 2013. In a press statement sent to various media outlets, the senator called for more investments in renewable energy as part of a long-term solution to the growing power needs of the country.

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ELEVENTH HOUR: Why Mindanao is key to the clean energy future of the Philippines (RESEARCH BY: JOSHUA GLENN F. DIAZ)

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URL: https://mb.com.ph/2021/09/02/eleventh-hour-why-mindanao-is-key-to-the-clean-energy-future-of-the-philippines/
TITLE: ELEVENTH HOUR: Why Mindanao is key to the clean energy future of the Philippines
AUTHOR: Climate Reality Project Philippines
DATE: 2 September 2021
KEY INFO: The existing limitations in grid infrastructure present no hindrance if plans for Mindanao’s energy development deprioritize building utility-scale power plants requiring large transmission towers and advance distributed and decentralized clean energy systems, which better cater to the small pockets of unelectrified communities dotting the landmass.

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Japan, IOM complete Solar Power Electrification of Health Facilities in Remote Islands of Mindanao - Philippines (RESEARCH BY: JOSHUA GLENN F. DIAZ)

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URL: https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/japan-iom-complete-solar-power-electrification-health-facilities-remote-islands-mindanao
TITLE: Japan, IOM complete Solar Power Electrification of Health Facilities in Remote Islands of Mindanao
AUTHOR: OCHA
DATE: 8 Oct 2022
KEY INFO:  facilitating uninterrupted access to medical services in communities in the BaSulTa region. The IOM, as the implementing organization, supplied dependable and long-term sustainable energy resources to select health care facilities in the region.

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Japan, IOM complete Solar Power Electrification of Health Facilities in Remote Islands of Mindanao - Philippines

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The Government of Japan, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), successfully completed the installation of solar power equipment in eight (8) health care facilities in the remote Mindanao islands of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) in October 2022.

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BT: Pinakamalaking solar power plant sa Mindanao, pinasinayaan (RESEARCH BY:Bacatan Shawn Symon)

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URL: (5) BT: Pinakamalaking solar power plant sa Mindanao, pinasinayaan - YouTube
TITLE: BT: Pinakamalaking solar power plant sa Mindanao, pinasinayaan

AUTHOR: GMA News

DATE: Jan 25, 2016

KEY INFO: A newly solar powerplant in Surallah has been officially opened and it is only one of 1 out of 10 solar powerplant projects in the Country. As the country is opting for a better source of renewable energy they have chosen to utilize solar energy by building one in a smaller city first before using it for larger scale.

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BT: Pinakamalaking solar power plant sa Mindanao, pinasinayaan

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Philippines: Solar power instead of coal | DW Global Ideas (RESEARCH BY:Bacatan Shawn Symon)

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URL:(5) Philippines: Solar power instead of coal | DW Global Ideas - YouTube

TITLE: Philippines: Solar power instead of coal | DW Global Ideas

AUTHOR: DW News

DATE: Nov 20, 2018

KEY INFO: Locals of a town trying to oppose against a to be built coal plant due to environmental issues and religious belief. The church ended up showing even further that solar energy is a much more viable choice and that people should follow up with the movement.

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Philippines: Solar power instead of coal | DW Global Ideas

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TITLE:The Chinese New Year celebration is centered around removing the bad and the old, and welcoming the new and the good, and we think it's about time for Mindanao to switch from fossil fuels to solar and renewable energy.

AUTHOR:Mindanao Goes Solar Movement

DATE: Jan 23, 2023

KEY INFO: As we can see the slogan is "OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW" which shows that sustainable energy sources are outdated and should be changed, The poster or their advocation specifically targets to change mindanao and the people.

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This Philippine city is on the path to a renewable energy future (RESEARCH BY: Bacatan Shawn Symon)

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URL:(5) This Philippine city is on the path to a renewable energy future - YouTube

TITLE: This Philippine city is on the path to a renewable energy future

AUTHOR:WWF-Philippines

DATE: Nov 17, 2021

KEY INFO: In Butuan City they are organizing a Civil organization to manage the financing and integrating of renewable energy in their city to reduce environmental harm and promote change in Mindanao.

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This Philippine city is on the path to a renewable energy future

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Renewables best option for cheap energy in Mindanao (RESEARCH BY: keira lianne christopher)

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URL:https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1700951/renewables-best-optionfor-cheap-energy-in-mindanao

TITLE: renewables best option for cheap energy in Mindanao

AUTHOR: Germelina Lacorte

DATE:5:10 AM December 04, 2022

KEY INFO: This article describes the rising electricity demand and provides date showing mindanao's economic projections. telling us what mindanao needs in order to be based on clean energy sources.

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DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines - Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro, deputy executive director of the Mindanao Development Authority (Minda), loves to remember the time, not so long ago, when electricity rates in Mindanao hovered at P6 per kilowatt-hour, the lowest in the country.

This was when hydroelectricity generated from the waters of Agus and Pulangi rivers made up the bulk of the region's energy supply. The Agus and Pulangi plants had a combined installed capacity of 1,001.1 megawatts.

Pulangi IV in Maramag town, Bukidnon, has three generating units at 85 MW each, while the Agus complex comprises six plants with a total capacity of 746.1 MW. The waters of the 36.5-kilometer Agus River that snakes down from Marawi City in Lanao del Sur to Iligan Bay, come from the vast Lake Lanao, which has a surface area of 34,000 hectares, more than twice the land area of Quezon City.

Amid rising electricity demand, the government relied on fossil-based capacities to fill the gap, fueling the massive entry of coal-fired power plants into the Mindanao grid. And as they became dominant, Mindanao consumers had to bear rising electricity costs.

In Cagayan de Oro City, commercial power consumers of coal-dependent Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co. had to bear a 33-percent increase in cost, from P10.62 per kWh in January to P14.18 in July.

In contrast, the Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC) billed commercial customers a lower rate, at most P13.4809 per kWh in August, and went down to P11.5634 in November. DLPC has a big bulk of hydropower in its retail mix, being the biggest contractor of power produced by the Agus and Pulangi plants, according to Montenegro.

Data from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) showed that as of June 30 this year, the highest actual system peak demand in Mindanao was only at 2,167 MW, on June 1. Based on Minda's economic projections, Mindanao will need an additional 3,000 MW generation capacity by 2030, and another 10,000 MW by 2040, and it wants these to be based on clean energy sources. It fixed an ambitious target of a 50 percent share of renewables in the region's power generation mix.

Enabling policies

In overturning the dominance of fossil-based capacities, Minda advocates an unconventional investment strategy.

"One way to increase the renewable energy capacity is to encourage successful multipurpose cooperatives in Mindanao, especially those with billions of assets already, to expand their portfolio by investing in small renewables, possibly in partnership with local governments or a joint venture with electric cooperatives in their areas," Montenegro told local officials in a gathering of Mindanao Renewable Energy Advocacy and Coordination Hub in July. "This is the kind of design that we hope can be propagated," he said.

Montenegro hopes for localities to build 2 MW or 3 MW capacities whether hydro, solar or biomass, whichever is technically viable in their areas, so these can add up to the projected requirement by 2030.

"Otherwise, we go business as usual, and business as usual is the situation we have today," he said.

He also urged local governments to put up small renewable energy capacities to power their own needs, aside from promoting these in unserved and underserved communities.

According to Randell Espina, dean of the school of engineering and architecture at the Ateneo de Davao University (Addu), the target is achievable if the government stops accepting new investments in coal-fired power plants in Mindanao, and ensures the efficiency of the existing Agus and Pulangi hydropower plants.

Up for rehab

As of December 2020, the Department of Energy said that the Agus and Pulangi plants had a combined dependable capacity of 844 MW although in the first six months of the year, these ran at most 669 MW, per NGCP data.

The aging facilities are up for rehabilitation and uprating, and there are efforts to build a seventh plant along Agus River in Baloi town, Lanao del Norte, that would add 255 MW of power generation capacity.

Espina also cited the need for policies that enable the growth of renewable energy capacities like incentives for installing photovoltaic (PV) panels on the rooftop of houses. With one-kilowatt peak capacity (kWp) panels on each house, Davao City could easily generate some 100 MW to 200 MW of electricity. "That's already the minimum because one rooftop can accommodate up to 10 kWp PV panels," he said.

Solar panels are the "most mature" renewable energy technology commercially available that can be optimized at present, said Nelson Enano, director of Addu's Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technologies and chair of the Ateneo-led research and development consortium Mindanao Renewable Energy R&D Center (MREC).

"If we could require all municipal halls, all government agencies to have solar PVs integrated into their energy systems, then it would definitely have a much bigger reduction on our dependence on fossil-based electricity," he said. "They have rooftops, right?"

MREC has initially mapped out the potential energies that can be harvested in Mindanao, namely, the ocean, tidal and waves in Tawi-Tawi and Surigao provinces; solar in all areas; and wind in Camiguin and offshore on its western seaboard.

"Solar leads all the other energy potentials because of Mindanao's place near the equator," Enano said.

Paradigm shift

Power supplied to the grid is traditionally categorized as base, intermediate, and peaking loads. Base load is meant to satisfy the minimum energy demand and is often provided by large power plants that can assure constant and reliable production.

A peaking load comes in during the short duration when demand spikes and reaches its highest point within a given day; it is halted when demand recedes. An intermediate load transitions from base to peak.

But the regreening of the grid would require a change of paradigm, Enano said, where variable renewable energy sources like solar and wind are integrated as "must-run generators" that will be supported with readily dispatchable capacities to compensate for the fluctuation in production, hence avoiding energy shortfalls.

To provide ramping up capacity for the grid, hydroelectric generation capacities such as the one harnessing the Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City can be converted into pumped storage hydropower (PSH) facilities that, according to the US Department of Energy, "store and generate electricity by moving water between two reservoirs at different elevations."

In a PSH facility, water is used many times over as it is pumped from the lower to the upper reservoir when there are more capacities producing electricity. When other capacities are not available, water is released to the lower reservoir, turning the power turbines.

Making things happen

Alberto Dalusung III, energy transition advisor of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), said that the report, Towards an Affordable and Reliable Grid with Energy Transition (Target), showed that while wind and solar capacities have variable energy production, these were predictable and could be integrated into the grid without causing problems."If we are biased toward renewable energy, we can find ways to make things happen," Enano said.

Already, the aim of saving on power costs among businesses, communities, and households is driving the growth of the renewables market in the region.

The rising cost of electricity prompts more people to turn to solar energy, said Cecille Rosalita, sales executive of Greenergy Development Corp., a renewable energy company based in Cagayan de Oro City. In Davao del Sur, people are paying as much as P15 per kWh of electricity, so it pays to invest in solar panels, which redounds to a 20 to 30 percent savings on electricity, she said.

In the remote community of Salaysay in Davao City's Marilog district, on-grid solar panels installed through a grant from the Department of Science and Technology allowed villagers to save as much as 46.66 percent on their electricity bills each month, village chief Roberto Itdang said.

The village used to pay P3,000 monthly for electricity, but this had been reduced to about P1,600 after the PV panels were installed. The barangay hall uses the electricity from the grid during the day and turns on the solar battery at night to light the gym where young villagers play.

The gym, which is adjacent to the barangay hall, also serves as an evacuation area during times of emergencies. It was there where people sought refuge when they fled their homes in 2018, during intense fighting between government forces and communist rebels on the outskirts of the village. It's also where they seek refuge during typhoons.

"The solar panels don't easily get blown away during typhoons or strong winds," Enano said. "In fact, they're designed that way. They strengthen the roof. They're also considered a climate adaptation instrument," he added.
* * * (Editor's Note: Reporting for this story was supported by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities under the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship)
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Renewables best option for cheap energy in Mindanao

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DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines - Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro, deputy executive director of the Mindanao Development Authority (Minda), loves to remember the time, not so long ago, when electricity rates in Mindanao hovered at P6 per kilowatt-hour, the lowest in the country.

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Solar Energy Mindanao | Travel While You Can | Travel Ta Bai (RESEARCH BY: keira lianne christopher)

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URL:https://www.traveltabai.com/solar-energy-mindanao/

TITLE: Solar Energy Mindanao

AUTHOR: traveltabai

DATE: September 1, 2012

KEY INFO: talks about the population and demand of power. how our resources are limited and solar energy has been around for a long time, however it is expensive and impractical.

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Travel Together Stays Together | Travel Ta Bai

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I had identical question before. similar to what others were thinking, i believed Solar Energy in Mindanao is simply another fad and can dwindle within the long-standing time due to the effort of the Management of CEPALCO for proving me wrong! once paying attention to that lecture by Engr. Cecilio Sumaoy , we tend to were enlightened and that we all realized that it's high time for the Mindanaoans to totally perceive the reliability and effectiveness of the Solar Energy and ACT currently to support this development set up for Mindanao and for its folks.

Mindanao is brief in power capability. Because the population grows and because the economy of Mindanao prospers, the demand of power conjointly will increase. that's a truth immediately. Therefore how can the present Power Plants address these quick growing demands while not us experiencing all those annoying blackouts? Yes, in all probability this Power Plants we've got the currently can facilitate however till when? Below may be a a part of the news I got from Philippine Star regarding the tight electricity offer scenario in Mindanao.

FYI, in Mindanao we've got Diesel, Geothermal, Coal and Hydro as major players in providing its individuals electricity. These sources are FINITE and DWINDLING whereas Solar Energy has continually been there for the longest time and has been used by alternative quick growing countries.

So Why SOLAR ENERGY?

The biggest issue why most of the people refuse Solar Energy Mindanao is owing to its value. It's expensive! It's not practical! That's the argument.

Well here are some Facts:

Solar put in value is declining! Why? as a result of its demand is increasing year by year as dozens of states and immeasurable individuals are utilizing it already.

Solar Energy is that the most cost-effective different and possibly the fastest power plant to complete (in case the facility plant is approved! 100MW in one year!)

Solar Energy Mindanao will provide the world's total energy demand for future hundred years!

Solar energy technology is a smaller amount maintenance and low operating value.

Solar panels could last to up to thirty years.

Electricity from Solar Energy is roofed by the Renewable Energy Law.

The following are the prevailing RE Technology

Wind - All located in LUZON
Ocean - All located in LUZON
Hydro - Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
Biomass - principally in Luzon and Visayas
Solar - Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao (the one MW we've got in Cagayan de Oro)

Now, did you recognize that notwithstanding those Renewable Energy Technologies are largely located and consumed by the individuals from Luzon and Visayas, we have a tendency to here in Mindanao are paying? YES DEFINITELY! that's as a result of this RE Law below:

FiT-All (Feed in Tariff Allowance) - The FIT-All is considered most relevant among the calculations because this manifests the pass-on effect on the consumers' electricity bills. ALL electricity end users are required to pay a uniform Peso/kWh charge as a feed-in tariff allowance (FIT-All), which will be placed in a fund from which the payments to renewable energy developers will be paid. This FIT-All, which will be determined annually, will appear as a separate line item on customers' bills.

It simply means, even if the people of Mindanao chose to do NOTHING, Mindanao consumers will still end up paying for those Renewable Energies already established. So why are we all just sit around opposing the generation of a Solar Energy in Mindanao while other consumers from Luzon and Visayas are enjoying their own Renewable Energy with us here in Mindanao paying at the same time?

Come to think of it, the cost of Mindanao electricity usage through Solar Energy divided by the whole Electricity consuming population of the entire Philippines? Do you still think it's expensive? We are just talking about the cost issue here. How about its effect to our failing environment? That's a HUGE bonus! So why say no to Solar Energy in Mindanao? I am a definite YES!

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I had identical question before. similar to what others were thinking, i believed Solar Energy in Mindanao is simply another fad and can dwindle within the long-standing time due to the effort of the Management of CEPALCO for proving me wrong! once paying attention to that lecture by Engr.

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Our Full Solar Setup Tour! (RESEARCHED BY: DYLAN ALPHONSO LAÑOHAN)

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TITLE: Our Full Solar Setup Tour!

AUTHOR: Slater Young

DATE PUBLISHED: Aug 14, 2022

KEY INFO: What you need to know about solar energy in your homes or before buying one, and how it feels living with clean energy. Also, there are batteries where the power is stored from the solar panels, it mostly makes up the costs. The setup is costly and it may reach several years for you to recover your spending with the use of solar energy.

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Philippines: solar energy capacity 2021 | Statista (RESEARCH BY: DYLAN ALPHONSO LAÑOHAN)

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TITLE: Total solar energy capacity in the Philippines from 2012 to 2021

AUTHOR: Statista Research Department

DATE: Apr 21, 2022

KEY INFO:
Solar energy consumption in the Philippines has increased since 2012 with the help of the Renewable Energy Act of 2008. In 2021, the Philippines has reached 1,370 megawatts, a big difference from the 2 megawatts in 2012. This statistic shows the increase in solar energy usage throughout the years, meaning more people are getting it due to its efficiency all throughout the Philippines including Mindanao.

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Philippines: solar energy capacity 2021 | Statista

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The Philippines’ solar energy capacity increased exponentially over the past decade.

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Local firm promotes renewable energy in Mindanao for 13 years (RESEARCH BY: DYLAN ALPHONSO LAÑOHAN)

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Local firm promotes renewable energy in Mindanao for 13 years

AUTHOR: Philippine News Agency

DATE: Jul 20, 2021

KEY INFO: "A local company has been helping promote the use of renewable energy in Mindanao for more than a decade producing 2.508 megawatts (MW) of installed solar panels to power homes, offices, streetlights, and farms." Greenergy Solar, a company in Cagayan de Oro City, has installed 10,000 solar panels in 108 houses. It estimates that it avoided an estimated 249,000 metric tons of carbon emissions. It also claims to have accumulated PHP1.3 billion of savings in terms of power expenditure.

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Bringing back the use of clean energy in Mindanao (RESEARCH BY: DYLAN ALPHONSO LAÑOHAN)

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URL: https://pef.ph/2022/07/12/bringing-back-the-use-of-clean-energy-in-mindanao/

TITLE: Bringing back the use of clean energy in Mindanao

AUTHOR: Peace & Equity Foundation

DATE: Jul 12, 2022

KEY INFO:
"To promote renewable energy in the region, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), Ateneo de Davao University's Mindanao Renewable Energy Research and Development Center, and PEF inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to establish the Mindanao Renewable Energy Advocacy and Coordination Hub or Mindanao REACH on June 24, 2022." This agreement will then give way and promote renewable energies.

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In a report by the Department of Energy in 2021, 31% of installed energy capacity of Mindanao comes from renewable energy sources as of 2020 . This was way lower than the 2011 data, where 65% of the total power generation mix in the island came from clean power.

Over the years, the continued power supply problems paved the way for oil and coal-based power sources to be the primary sources of electricity, which now constitute 68% of installed energy capacity.

Reaching the poorest through Mindanao REACH

To promote renewable energy in the region, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) , Ateneo de Davao University 's Mindanao Renewable Energy Research and Development Center, and PEF inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to establish the Mindanao Renewable Energy Advocacy and Coordination Hub or Mindanao REACH on June 24, 2022.

The Mindanao REACH seeks to establish a platform for multi-stakeholder, grassroots-based strategies of promoting renewable energy in poor communities which are underserved and unserved by traditional grid-based electricity.

The hub will also advocate measures that would promote RE to revise fossil-dependence on Mindanao, electrify off-grid communities to attain inclusive growth and provide access to information relating to RE.

"We intend to make the center a venue for knowledge sharing, capacity building, and advocacy initiatives to push for renewable energy transition and ultimately address poverty," MinDa Secretary Maria Belen Acosta said during the ceremonial signing of the MOA.

PEF Executive Director Roberto Calingo meanwhile emphasized the need to establish the with rising fuel costs and exhausting fossil fuel reserves.

"The need of having energy sufficiency together with food sufficiency has been more urgent," he said.

Also present in the ceremonial signing are Climate Change Commission Executive Director Robert Borje, MinDA Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro, and ADDU School of Engineering and Architecture Dean Dr. Randell Espina, representing ADDU President Fr. Joel Tabora.

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Bringing back the use of clean energy in Mindanao

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In a report by the Department of Energy in 2021, 31% of installed energy capacity of Mindanao comes from renewable energy sources as of 2020 . This was way lower than the 2011 data, where 65% of the total power generation mix in the island came from clean power.

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POWER PODCAST EP3: SolarPh’s push for a brighter future (RESEARCH BY: LANCE IMPERIAL)

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TITLE: POWER PODCAST EP3: SolarPh’s push for a brighter future

AUTHOR: POWER PHILIPPINE NEWS

DATE: Mar 11, 2022

KEY INFO: This podcast discusses about the potential future of renewable energy, stating that in 30 years, the Philippines can transition to use renewable energy. While it does not directly involve Mindanao, their plans will at some point join with Mindanao, once they accept. Their gowl to renewalbe enrgy will come closer in the Philippines, with the main source being solar enegy and solar rays.

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POWER PODCAST EP3: SolarPh’s push for a brighter future

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ANGAT MINDANAO: The Future With Renewable Energy (RESEARCH BY: LANCE ANDREW IMPERIAL)

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URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmkF1ENuGQ

TITLE: ANGAT MINDANAO: The Future With Renewable Energy

AUTHOR: Sarah Carpio

DATE: Nov 20, 2021

KEY INFO: “Angat Mindanao” is a short documentary that focuses on the future with the use of renewable energy. It discusses how electricity differs in Mindanao to other parts of the Philippines, and shows the dangers of coal generated energy which is more dominant in the Philippines. It is the future that we must think of, the generations to come who may not be able to know what it means to enjoy nature and its beauty.

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ANGAT MINDANAO: The Future With Renewable Energy

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URL: https://asepcells.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Activity-Report_Webinar-Series-3-Solar-Energy.docx.pdf

TITLE: Activity Report_Webinar Series 3 Solar Energy

AUTHOR: ASEP-CELLs

DATE: October 15, 2021

KEY INFO: Engr. Rayette discussed the basic understanding of solar energy how it is one
of the cleanest, most abundant Renewable Energy source available, and how
it is harnessed in various uses including generating electricity. This only provides the activity report of the webinar, however it shows crucial data about renewable energy in the Philippines.

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Biomass from Agricultural Wastes for Renewable Energy in the Philippines (RESEARCH BY: DYLAN ALPHONSO LAÑOHAN)

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URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003204435-17/biomass-agricultural-wastes-renewable-energy-philippines-aries-ativo-lynlei-pintor

TITLE: Biomass from Agricultural Wastes for Renewable Energy in the Philippines

AUTHOR: Aries O. Ativo, Lynlei L. Pintor

DATE: 2021

KEY INFO: Results of the study revealed that the country displays high potential for renewable energy production and the establishment of biomass power plants, despite the fact that only one-third of the total agricultural land is devoted to rice, coconut, and sugarcane. Such potential is attributed to the fact that the country produces sufficient amounts of renewable agricultural waste, such as rice hulls, rice straws, coconut husks, coconut shells, coconut fronds, cane bagasse, and cane trash. Its relevance is that Mindanao has these resources giving way for renewable energy.

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In the Philippines, biomass is considered one of the key renewable energy resources, both at the small- and large-scale levels. However, despite the potential of agricultural waste as a source of renewable energy, only limited studies are done on this topic, though the Philippines is an agricultural country. This paper therefore analysed the secondary data on the production of biomass as a renewable source of energy from agricultural wastes in the Philippines. Results of the study revealed that the country displays high potential for renewable energy production and establishment of biomass power plants, despite the fact that only one-third of the total agricultural land is devoted to rice, coconut, and sugarcane. Such potential is attributed to the fact that the country produces sufficient amounts of renewable agricultural wastes, such as rice hull, rice straw, coconut husk, coconut shell, coconut fronds, cane bagasse, and cane trash. The results further revealed that there are 10 million rice farmers, 3.5 million coconut farmers, and 62,000 sugarcane farmers who produce biomass from these wastes throughout the year. Specifically, sugarcane yields the highest biomass per hectare at 29.5-31.6 tonnes/ha, while agricultural wastes from coconut yield a higher electrical generation rate per kilogram than that of rice or sugarcane.

On the other hand, although tonnes of agricultural waste are generated in the country, much still remains to be done by the Philippine government in order to maximise the potential of the country's biomass production as source of renewable energy. Specifically, little attention was given to sugarcane as the highest source of biomass as far as research and development is concerned. Further, there is lack of awareness on coconut waste's high electrical generation rate.

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Biomass from Agricultural Wastes for Renewable Energy in the Philippin

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In the Philippines, biomass is considered one of the key renewable energy resources, both at the small- and large-scale levels. However, despite the potential of agricultural waste as a source of renewable energy, only limited studies are done on this topic, though the Philippines is an agricultural country.

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(RESEARCH BY: Joshua Glenn F. Diaz)

URL: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.davao.ph.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100252941.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjF1aG8m4v9AhVNHnAKHUHLCq8QFnoECD0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3B16dj4adN-fSHNQ1PDi_F

TITLE: Opportunities for renewable energy
technology investments in Davao Region

AUTHOR: Mindanao Renewable Energy R&D Center

DATE: 2020

KEY INFO: DOST funded AdDU-CREATE to become the Mindanao Renewable
Energy R&D Center (MREC) with focused research on ocean energy
and concentrated solar power.

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Filipino artists: Art is a powerful tool for climate action (RESEARCH BY: Joshua Glenn F. Diaz)

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URL: https://climatereality.ph/2022/02/18/filipino-artists-art-is-a-powerful-tool-for-climate-action/

TITLE: Filipino artists: Art is a powerful tool for climate action
AUTHOR: The climate Reality Project

DATE: 18 February 2022

KEY INFO: Art is a powerful tool for environmental and climate activism. This was emphasized by multi-awarded Filipino artists during the 23rd episode of The Climate Reality Project Philippines’ Klimatotohanan webcast series.

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Entitled "Can Art Help Save the Planet? Pinoy Artivists Stepping Up the Fight Against Climate Change," the episode highlighted the stories and lived experiences of Filipino artists who have dedicated their work to raise awareness and cultivate the discourse about the climate crisis.

"Art has changed the world. There are a lot of freedoms we enjoy now, not just as Filipinos, but as human beings because of art," multi-awarded muralist and activist AG Saño said, explaining that art-including street art-has the ability to spark action that could change the course of human history.
Inspiring a new generation of change-makers through the arts
Saño has painted more than 900 murals in 16 countries depicting peace and the environment. In March of 2010, he founded the group called Dolphins Love Freedom, a street art movement that attracted more than 200,000 volunteer painters from more than 65 countries in promoting public murals for the benefit of the environment.

Following the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, Saño became a pioneering member of the Climate Pilgrimage, a movement dedicated to walking thousands of kilometers across Asia-Pacific and Europe to connect with communities to create dialogues and grassroots actions.

"The best results after a decade of doing this is that I would find out that some of the young people I painted with pursued marine biology, fine arts, etc. They were able to translate that spark or inspiration into really concrete things that they could use as fuel for this fight," Saño shared, noting that he would receive messages from the young people he met along the way that they are now pursuing careers or initiatives that would help address climate and environmental problems.

Digital artist Bricx Martillo Dumas, winner of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference art competition "Digital Art 4 Climate," agreed with Saño, emphasizing that the arts make climate and environmental issues more accessible to the people.

"I have a deep relationship with the arts because it's the easiest way to make people understand what's happening in the environment and the world," said Dumas, who is also an educator. "You cannot spell "Earth" without art," he quipped.

Dumas shared that his winning entry "Nexus" aims to send a message that the daily choices made by humans are interlinked with what's happening to the environment.

Folk singer and composer Noel Cabangon, an OPM legend, agreed with Saño and Dumas, as he emphasized the ability of the arts, especially music, to be persuasive and to elicit discussions on human rights and the environment.

"Music is not just for entertainment. It's a tool to bring forward our causes. Every generation should be able to produce artists that will continue this [climate] advocacy," Cabangon said.
Musicians and filmmakers for change
Cabangon has written many songs that speak about the need to preserve the planet and the lived realities of climate-vulnerable communities. His hit single "Kanlungan," reminisces the time when the environment was still in its glory. Together with his former band Buklod, Cabangon also released the environmental album "Sa Kandungan ng Kalikasan" in response to the proliferation of fossil fuel-based power plants in the country in the 90s.

During the webcast, Cabangon shared his songs "No Time To Waste" and "Umuulan Sa Tag-Araw, Umaaraw sa Tag-ulan." The former is a piece recorded by various Filipino artists following Tropical Storm Ondoy, pointing out the urgency to address the climate crisis. The latter, meanwhile, spoke about the changing weather patterns and the prevailing climate emergency.

For Cabangon, climate change is a pressing issue that there is a need for transdisciplinary collaboration. "One important thing is for musicians to learn how to organize our sectors, ourselves, to have a more organized action to help in promoting the environment," he said.

Contemporary and experimental filmmaker and visual artist Martha Atienza, meanwhile, said that it is hard not to talk about environmental issues for artists in the Philippines.

"I'm 40 years old and I've seen coastal areas change. I've seen coastlines disappear. Fisherfolks are having a hard time because there's hardly any catch anymore," she said.

During the webcast, Atienza shared the creative process behind her works. "Gilubong Ang Akong Pusod Sa Dagat" is a film that follows the lives of local seafarers to initiate dialogue on environmental and socio-economic realities in their communities.

Critically acclaimed "Our Islands 11°16'58.4"N 123°45'07.0"E," on the other hand, featured compressor divers in familiar costumes-Santo Niño, Typhoon Yolanda survivor, Manny Pacquiao, OFWs, police officers, drug war victims-doing an Ati-Atihan procession underwater, pushing the audience to confront climate change as seen in the seabed of dead corals.

Creating these films inspired Atienza to launch the GoodLand Association, an initiative that aims to provide more sustainable battery solutions to compressor divers and to set up a Bantayan Protected Area that will also generate alternative livelihood opportunities.
Expanding humanity's sense of kinship through the arts
As a multi-awarded theatre director, Dr. Dennis Gupa collaborates with communities, specifically those who have been marginalized by social, political, and environmental circumstances, to create platforms for them to create stories.

During the webcast, Dr. Gupa emphasized the need to cultivate a discourse on human and non-human relationships, where humans are not located at the apex of power.

"We have inherited so much from this capitalist society, neoliberal society in which we position human-centric the idea of materiality and money. But we don't question where things are created from. Art can deconstruct that idea of possession by generating new questions so that we can elevate our consciousness into something more critical," Dr. Gupa explained when asked how the arts, such as applied theatre, could help expand humanity's sense of kinship to include non-human entities, such as the oceans and the trees.

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Filipino artists: Art is a powerful tool for climate action

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Entitled "Can Art Help Save the Planet? Pinoy Artivists Stepping Up the Fight Against Climate Change," the episode highlighted the stories and lived experiences of Filipino artists who have dedicated their work to raise awareness and cultivate the discourse about the climate crisis. "Art has changed the world.