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#EmpoweringMindana... - Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) (RESEARCHED BY: IANNAH MAE P. JUMALON)

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URL: https://www.facebook.com/MinDAgovphOfficial/posts/685534306932617
TITLE: Renewable Energy is The Way Forward
AUTHOR: Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) (Facebook Page)
DATE PUBLISHED: July 25, 2023
KEY INFO: During President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.'s 2023 State of the Nation Address, he identified pushing for renewable, reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy development as a strategy to empower the Philippines.

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#EmpoweringMindanao. Total household electrification, augmentation of capacities, and a push for renewable energy development are some of the strategies...

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URL: https://pia.gov.ph/news/2022/08/10/davao-city-to-have-100-led-streetlights-by-end-of-2022

TITLE: Davao City to have 100% LED streetlights by end of 2022

AUTHOR: Philippine Information Agency

DATE PUBLISHED: August 10, 2022

KEY INFO: Davao City aims to have all the streetlights LED to be more efficient in power conservation.

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Local firm promotes renewable energy in Mindanao for 13 years (RESEARCHED BY: SHAMMAH ANDREA A. BASADRE)

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URL:
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1147627
TITLE: Local firm promotes renewable energy in Mindanao for 13 years
AUTHOR: Philippine News Agency
DATE PUBLISHED: July 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.

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Household air pollution (RESEARCHED BY: SHEILA JOANA Y. TRAZO)

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URL: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/household-air-pollution-and-health

TITLE: Household air pollution

AUTHOR: World Health Organization

DATE PUBLISHED: November 28, 2022

KEY INFO: Around 2.3 billion people worldwide cook using inefficient stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass, and coal, which generates harmful air pollution in the environment and households. Furthermore, the combined effects of ambient and household air pollution are associated with 6.7 million premature deaths annually, given that exposure to such pollution also leads to non-communicable diseases, including stroke, ischaemic heart disease, chronic pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer. As a result, it is essential to expand the use of clean fuels and technologies to protect the environment and people's health. These include the utilization of solar, electricity, biogas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas, alcohol fuels, as well as biomass stoves that meet the emission targets in the WHO Guidelines.

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Overview

Worldwide, around 2.4 billion people still cook using solid fuels (such as wood, crop waste, charcoal, coal and dung) and kerosene in open fires and inefficient stoves (1). Most of these people are poor and live in low- and middle-income countries. There is a large discrepancy in access to cleaner cooking alternatives between urban and rural areas: in 2020, only 14% of people in urban areas relied on polluting fuels and technologies, compared with 52% of the global rural population.

Household air pollution is generated by the use of inefficient and polluting fuels and technologies in and around the home that contains a range of health-damaging pollutants, including small particles that penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream. In poorly ventilated dwellings, indoor smoke can have levels of fine particles 100 times higher than acceptable. Exposure is particularly high among women and children, who spend the most time near the domestic hearth. Reliance on polluting fuels and technologies also require significant time for cooking on an inefficient device, and gathering and preparing fuel.

Guidance

In light of the widespread use of polluting fuels and stoves for cooking, WHO issued a set of normative guidance, the Guidelines for indoor air quality: household fuel combustion, which offer practical evidence-based guidance on what fuels and technologies used in the home can be considered clean, including recommendations discouraging use of kerosene and recommending against use of unprocessed coal; specifying the performance of fuels and technologies (in the form of emission rate targets) needed to protect health; and emphasizing the importance of addressing all household energy uses, particularly cooking, space heating and lighting to ensure benefits for health and the environment. WHO defines fuels and technologies that are clean for health at the point of use as solar, electricity, biogas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas, alcohol fuels, as well as biomass stoves that meet the emission targets in the WHO Guidelines.

Without strong policy action, 2.1 billion people are estimated to still lack access to clean fuels and technologies in 2030 (1). There is a particularly critical need for action in sub-Saharan Africa, where population growth has outpaced access to clean cooking, and 923 million people lacked access in 2020. Strategies to increase the adoption of clean household energy include policies that provide financial support to purchase cleaner technologies and fuels, improved ventilation or housing design, and communication campaigns to encourage clean energy use.

Impacts on health

Each year, 3.2 million people die prematurely from illnesses attributable to the household air pollution caused by the incomplete combustion of solid fuels and kerosene used for cooking (see household air pollution data for details). Particulate matter and other pollutants in household air pollution inflame the airways and lungs, impair immune response and reduce the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.

Among these 3.2 million deaths from household air pollution exposure:

32% are from ischaemic heart disease: 12% of all deaths due to ischaemic heart disease, accounting for over a million premature deaths annually, can be attributed to exposure to household air pollution;

23% are from stroke:approximately12% of all deaths due to stroke can be attributed to the daily exposure to household air pollution arising from using solid fuels and kerosene at home;

21% are due to lower respiratory infection: exposure to household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood LRI and is responsible for 44% of all pneumonia deaths in children less than 5 years old. Household air pollution is a risk for acute lower respiratory infections in adults and contributes to 22% of all adult deaths due to pneumonia;

19% are from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): 23% of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults in low- and middle-income countries are due to exposure to household air pollution; and

6% are from lung cancer: approximately 11% of lung cancer deaths in adults are attributable to exposure to carcinogens from household air pollution caused by using kerosene or solid fuels like wood, charcoal or coal for household energy needs.

Household air pollution accounted for the loss of an estimated 86 million healthy life years in 2019, with the largest burden falling on women living in low- and middle-income countries.

Almost half of all deaths due to lower respiratory infection among children under 5 years of age are caused by inhaling particulate matter (soot) from household air pollution.

There is also evidence of links between household air pollution and low birth weight, tuberculosis, cataract, nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancers.

Impacts on health equity, development and climate change

Significant policy changes are needed to rapidly increase the number of people with access to clean fuels and technologies by 2030 to address health inequities, achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and mitigate climate change.

Women and children disproportionately bear the greatest health burden from polluting fuels and technologies in homes as they typically labour over household chores such as cooking and collecting firewood and spend more time exposed to harmful smoke from polluting stoves and fuels.

Gathering fuel increases the risk of musculoskeletal injuries and consumes considerable time for women and children - limiting education and other productive activities. In less secure environments, women and children are at risk of injury and violence while gathering fuel.

Many of the fuels and technologies used by households for cooking, heating and lighting present safety risks. The ingestion of kerosene by accident is the leading cause of childhood poisonings, and a large fraction of the severe burns and injuries occurring in low- and middle-income countries are linked to household energy use for cooking, heating and lighting (2).

The lack of access to electricity for over 750 million (1) people forces households to rely on polluting devices and fuels, such as kerosene lamps for lighting, thus making them exposed to very high levels of fine particulate matter.

The time spent using and preparing fuel for inefficient, polluting devices constrains other opportunities for health and development, like studying, leisure time, or productive activities.

Black carbon (sooty particles) and methane emitted by inefficient stove combustion are powerful short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs).

Household air pollution is also a major contributor to ambient (outdoor) air pollution.

WHO response

WHO provides technical support and capacity building to countries and regions to evaluate and scale-up health-promoting household fuels and technologies. To address household air pollution and its negative impact on health, WHO:

develops guidelines for indoor air quality and household fuel combustion, to provide health-based recommendations on the types of fuels and technologies that protect health, and effective strategies for the dissemination and adoption of cleaner household fuels and technologies;

builds capacity at the country and regional level through direct consultations and workshops on household energy and health;

maintains the global household energy database to monitor progress in the transition to cleaner fuels and stove combinations in households, reporting as the custodian agency for reporting on SDG indicator 7.1.2, theproportion of the population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies. WHO also supports assessments of burden of disease from household air pollution resulted from the use of polluting fuel and technologies;

develops and updates tools and resources such as the Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST) to help countries identify stakeholders working on household energy and public health to design, implement and monitor policies addressing household energy for better health;

supports governments to estimate costs and health benefits of implementing household energy interventions;

convenes the global Health and Energy Platform of Action (HEPA), which strengthens cooperation between the health and energy sectors to ensure universal access to clean and sustainable energy for households and health-care facilities in order to protect health;

works with countries, researchers and other partners to harmonize methods of planning and evaluation across settings for consistent and rigorous household energy and health assessments;

leads efforts with countries and surveying agencies to enhance, harmonize and pilot questions for national censuses and surveys, including assessing the health risks of using polluting household energy, as well as differentiated gender impacts from household energy practices; and

develops guidance and resources for integrating clean household energy into global health and climate change initiatives as well as decision-support tools.

References

1. IEA, IRENA, UNSD, World Bank, WHO. 2022. Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report. World Bank, Washington DC. © World Bank. License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO). Available from: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads

2. Puthumana JS, Ngaage LM, Borrelli MR, Rada EM, Caffrey J, Rasko Y: Risk factors for cooking-related burn injuries in children, WHO Global Burn Registry. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 Jun 1;99(6):439-445. https://doi.org/10.2471%2FBLT.20.279786

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WHO fact sheet on indoor air pollution: includes key facts, definition, impact on health, impact on health equity, WHO response.

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Energy Efficiency Practitioners play a critical role in the implementation of energy conservation (RESEARCHED BY: PETER THOMAS P. ESTRADA)

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TITLE: Energy Efficiency Practitioners play a critical role in the implementation of energy conservation
AUTHOR: CNN Philippines
DATE PUBLISHED: May 29, 2023
KEY INFO: Energy Efficiency Practitioners know about managing energy, implementing and improving energy efficiency measures, conducting regular energy audits, monitoring and control, and preparing and regularly viewing periodic energy consumption and energy conservation program reports.

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Energy Efficiency Practitioners play a critical role in the implementation of energy conservation

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Frank Pallone Pushes Energy Efficiency: ‘Helps Us Achieve Our Climate Goals’ (RESEARCHED BY: SHEILA JOANA Y. TRAZO)

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TITLE: Frank Pallone Pushes Energy Efficiency: ‘Helps Us Achieve Our Climate Goals’

URL: https://youtu.be/chrAzWlogBo?si=CZWAmLyfmAcZBteP

DATE PUBLISHED: September 18, 2023

KEY INFO: Energy efficiency is a substantial tool for reducing household energy expenses and bolstering reliability while aiding in pursuing climate objectives by mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

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Frank Pallone Pushes Energy Efficiency: ‘Helps Us Achieve Our Climate Goals’

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A more sustainable Mindanao: Accelerating energy efficiency and conservation for local development (RESEARCHED BY: SHAMMAH ANDREA A. BASADRE)

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URL: https://icleiseas.org/index.php/2020/09/28/a-more-sustainable-mindanao-accelerating-energy-efficiency-and-conservation-for-local-development/
TITLE: A more sustainable Mindanao: Accelerating energy efficiency and conservation for local development
AUTHOR: By ICLEI - SEAS
DATE PUBLISHED: September 28, 2020
KEY INFO: “Energy efficiency drives conservation that improves productivity. In turn, less energy utilization redounds to cost efficiency. Energy efficiency brings forth conserved resources in all accounts. The advantages are boundless and limitless from the economic standpoint and on the development perspective. We all speed ahead to a progressive and sustainable Philippines.”

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3rd Renewable Energy (RE) Congress and 1st iCREATE ADVANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY. By Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA)(RESEARCHED BY: IANNAH MAE P. JUMALON) 

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URL: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=149109816568131
Title: Advancing Renewable Energy
Author: Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) (Facebook Page)
Date Published: December 9, 2020
Key Info: Multiple organizations and institutions had participated in a congress with the theme of "RE-building Better: Strengthening the Role of Renewable Energy in Recovery and Development. The event aimed to provide a venue for learning about policies, practices, solutions, and challenges and collaboration to attain sufficient, adaptive, and inclusive energy.

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3rd Renewable Energy (RE) Congress and 1st iCREATE | ADVANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY. The Center for Empowerment, Innovation and Training on Renewable Energy (CentRE) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)... | By Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) | Facebook

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ADVANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY. The Center for Empowerment, Innovation and Training on Renewable Energy (CentRE) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)...

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Renewables best option for cheap energy in Mindanao (RESEARCHED BY: IANNAH MAE P. JUMALON)

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URL: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1700951/renewables-best-optionfor-cheap-energy-in-mindanao?fbclid=IwAR1rSocTvQX5RGzGxwvaQJ0YWxiPVYnZn1jq5cdPHGBD2rkiGVw7EgQVZXw
TITLE: Renewables Best Option for Cheap Energy in Mindanao
AUTHOR: Germelina Lacorte
DATE PUBLISHED: December 4, 2022
KEY INFO: Producing affordable energy in Mindanao is critical to achieving, considering the high costs energy has reached. 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.

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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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(Last of two parts) DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines - Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro, deputy executive director of the Mindanao Development Authority (Minda), loves to remember

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Emerging Energy (RESEARCHED BY: PETER THOMAS P. ESTRADA)

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URL: https://youtu.be/Cna6tYQYQTY?si=i1FaZZISi-3wgRK2

TITLE: Emerging Energy
AUTHOR: CNN

DATE PUBLISHED: June 28, 2022

KEY INFO: The video content delves into the energy sector's continuous initiatives to champion energy efficiency and conservation within the nation.

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Philippines: household electricity consumption per capita | Statista (RESEARCHED BY: SHEILA JOANA Y. TRAZO)

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URL: https://www.statista.com/statistics/600115/household-consumption-of-electricity-per-capita-in-the-philippines/

TITLE: Household electricity consumption per capita in the Philippines from 2000 to 2016

AUTHOR: Statista Research Department

DATE PUBLISHED: November 24, 2021

KEY INFO: The Philippines, a densely populated country with approximately 104.9 million people and nearly 19.9 million households, has an average household electricity consumption of about 248.1 kilowatt-hours, primarily used for lighting, cooking, recreation, and space cooling. Electricity is the dominant energy source, with consumption increasing across various sectors from 2008 to 2017, particularly in residential and industrial settings. This trend shows no sign of slowing down as these sectors rely heavily on electricity for their operations. Electricity generation in the country comes from various sources, with coal being the primary contributor as of 2018. Specifically, Mindanao leans heavily on coal.

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The Philippines is a densely populated country with around 104.9 million people and with 19.9 million households. On average, the household electricity consumption in the country was about 248.1-kilowatt hours in 2015, where electricity was used primarily for lighting purposes, cooking, recreation and space cooling.
Electricity energy consumption
Electricity is still the leading used energy in the Philippines. From 2008 to 2017, the consumption of electricity in different sectors of the country increased over the years. The residential sector and industrial sector were one of the major consumers of electrical energy. A sign of slowing down is nowhere near since most of the sectors rely on electricity for their operations. Although some parts of the country, especially the rural areas where families belong to the lowest income brackets used kerosene for lighting. Majority of the Filipinos belonging to the urban areas have access to electricity.
Sources of energy
Electricity is derived from different sources of energy produced by powerplants. For electricity to be produced, power plants harness different resources. As of 2018, most of the power generated by the power plants in the country came from coal. The Luzon and Mindanao areas have shown their dependency to coal while the Visayas region opted for a cleaner energy out of renewable energies.

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Philippines: household electricity consumption per capita | Statista

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The Philippines is a densely populated country with around 104.9 million people and with 19.9 million households.

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The Key to an Equitable Energy Transition: Empowering the Local Clean Energy Workforce - RMI (RESEARCHED BY: PETER THOMAS P. ESTRADA)

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https://rmi.org/key-to-an-equitable-energy-transition-empowering-local-clean-energy-workforce/
TITLE: The Key to an Equitable Energy Transition: Empowering the Local Clean Energy Workforce
AUTHOR: Annibal Gomez-Contreras
DATE PUBLISHED: December 12, 2022
KEY INFO: The article highlights the importance of capacity development in achieving clean and resilient energy systems, particularly in regions vulnerable to climate change impacts like the Caribbean.

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The Key to an Equitable Energy Transition: Empowering the Local Clean Energy Workforce - RMI

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As the first cohort of the Energy Transition Academy’s Global Fellowship Program ends, the participants reflect on their experience and future goals.

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A Long Road for Renewable Energy in Mindanao (RESEARCHED BY: SHAMMAH ANDREA A. BASADRE)

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URL: https://www.pids.gov.ph/details/a-long-road-for-renewable-energy-in-mindanao
TITLE: A Long Road for Renewable Energy in Mindanao
AUTHOR: By Philippine Institute for Development Studies | Reuel John F. Lumawag
DATE PUBLISHED: October 24, 2021
KEY INFO: "As we improve our renewable energy sources, we will retire coal-fired plants in the region. This landmark project will be launched at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. This could serve as a model for coal-dependent emerging economies to gradually shift from fossil fuels to more sustainable and greener energy sources," Dominguez said during the launch of the Sustainable Finance Roadmap and its Guiding Principles on October 20, 2021.

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TITLE: Expanded list of EEC projects qualified for tax perks sought

AUTHOR: Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star)

DATE PUBLISHED: May 31, 2023

KEY INFO: The article discusses the broadened roster of EEC (Efficient Energy Conservation) categories, specifying which types of energy-saving projects are now eligible for tax incentives.

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POWER PODCAST EP 6: The Concept of Energy Efficiency in the Philippines (RESEARCHED BY: JOSH A. MORATA)

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URL: https://youtu.be/6ilD1SeSTX4?si=fqIReiCLVlWKurEf

TITLE: POWER PODCAST EP 6: The Concept of Energy Efficiency in the Philippines

AUTHOR: Power Podcast Philippines
DATE PUBLISHED: June 28, 2023

KEY INFO: Mr. Alexander Ablaza, President of the Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance, spoke for this particular podcast episode. During the entire discussion, Mr. Ablaza shared invaluable insights into the vision and strategies of the alliance, illuminating how energy efficiency stands poised to transform and elevate the Philippines' sustainable energy landscape.

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POWER PODCAST EP 6: The Concept of Energy Efficiency in the Philippines

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ANGAT MINDANAO: The Future With Renewable Energy (RESEARCHED BY: SHAMMAH ANDREA A. BASADRE)

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmkF1ENuGQ
TITLE: ANGAT MINDANAO: The Future With Renewable Energy
AUTHOR: Rahcana Productions through ADDUvocacy
DATE PUBLISHED: November 20, 2021
KEY INFO: "Angat Mindanao" is a short documentary that focuses on the future of the use of renewable energy. 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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A Faster Way to Get to a Clean Energy Future | Ramez Naam | TED (RESEARCHED BY: SHEILA JOANA Y. TRAZO)

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TITLE: A Faster Way to Get to a Clean Energy Future | Ramez Naam | TED

AUTHOR: Ramez Naam

DATE PUBLISHED: April 10, 2023

KEY INFO: Clean energy will prevail on cost, but only if we step aside and permit its construction. To deploy clean energy, we must facilitate the creation of beneficial sources like solar and wind rather than complaining about their land footprint. We should clear the path, make permitting more accessible, and enable its construction to expedite the transition to a clean energy future.

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A Faster Way to Get to a Clean Energy Future | Ramez Naam | TED

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Renewable Energy Crash Course (RESEARCHED BY: IANNAH MAE P. JUMALON)

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URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-70049-2?fbclid=IwAR0eYhpKNCAH78e4JPkrehHoa6cTZ3Ssmmd6CGEht9fXyPjte2zhQtC_diU
TITLE: Renewable Energy Crash Course
AUTHOR: Eklas Hossain and Slobodan Petrovic
DATE PUBLISHED: 2021
KEY INFO: The book serves as a concise reference encompassing comprehensive insights into the technology underpinning renewable energy, complemented by a rigorous examination of case studies and a comparative analysis of the various forms of renewable resources.

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Concise guide to all you need to know about the technology behind renewable energy

Offers case studies and a comparative analysis of different types of renewables available

Provides an alternative to overly detailed textbooks on the subject

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

About this book

This book is a concise reader-friendly introductory guide to understanding renewable energy technologies. By using simplified classroom-tested methods developed while teaching the subject to engineering students, the authors explain in simple language an otherwise complex subject in terms that enable readers to gain a rapid fundamental understanding of renewable energy, including basic principles, the different types, energy storage, grid integration, and economies. This powerful tutorial is a great resource for students, engineers, technicians, analysts, investors, and other busy professionals who need to quickly acquire a solid understanding of the science of renewable energy technology.

Authors and Affiliations

Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, USA

Eklas Hossain

Oregon Institute of Technology, Wilsonville, USA

Slobodan Petrovic

About the authors

Dr. Eklas Hossain is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy and an Associate Researcher with the Oregon Renewable Energy Center (OREC) at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT), which is home to the only ABET-accredited BS and MS programs in renewable energy. He has been working in the area of distributed power systems and renewable energy integration for the last ten years and has published a number of research papers and posters in this field. He is currently involved with several research projects on renewable energy and grid-tied microgrid systems at OIT. He received his PhD from the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM), his MS in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering from International Islamic University of Malaysia, and a BS in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Hossain is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Oregon, and is also a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Renewable Energy Professional (REP). He is a senior member of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and an Associate Editor for IEEE Access, IEEE Systems Journal, and IET Renewable Power Generation. His research interests include the modelling, analysis, design, and control of power electronic devices; energy storage systems; renewable energy sources; integration of distributed generation systems; carbon sequestration; microgrid and smart grid applications; robotics, and advanced control system.

Dr. Slobodan Petrovic is a full professor at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT), which is home to the only ABET-accredited BS and MS programs in renewable energy. Prior to OIT, he was a professor at the Arizona State University and held appointments at several companies as Vice President and Director of Engineering. Dr. Petrovic received a BS in Physical Chemistry from the University of Belgrade, and his PhD in Chemistry from the Technical University of Dresden, and has more than 30 years of experience in various areas of science and technology. He is the author of the book Battery Technology Crash Course (Springer, 2020), has published more than 80 articles in international journals and conference proceedings, and has 24 pending or issued patents. Dr. Petrovic is a Founder and President of the humanitarian organization Solar Hope, which is dedicated to providing solar energy to countries in Africa.

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Renewable Energy Crash Course is a concise tutorial that allows readers to gain a rapid understanding of the basics of renewable energy technology.

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Research of Effect of Energy-conservation Results: Evidence from Urban Household Survey  (RESEARCHED BY: PETER THOMAS P. ESTRADA)

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URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311914952_Research_of_Effect_of_Energy-conservation_Results_Evidence_from_Urban_Household_Survey
TITLE: Research of Effect of Energy-conservation Results: Evidence from Urban Household Survey
AUTHOR: Ting Yue, Hong Chen, Ryujin Long, and M. Imran Khan
DATE PUBLISHED: December 2016
KEY INFO: This study explores the complexity of energy conservation behavior (ECB) and its relationship with situational factors, specifically energy conservation policies. Through a theoretical model and surveys conducted among urban residents in eastern China, the research reveals a disparity between the intention to conserve energy and the actual behavior due to the influence of situational factors. Additionally, the study highlights that the perception of energy conservation results can impact both intention and behavior, ultimately suggesting the need to optimize energy conservation policies.

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A Call to Restore Our Earth Through Art (RESEARCHED BY: PETER THOMAS P. ESTRADA)

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URL: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/philippines/call-restore-our-earth-through-art_en?s=176&fbclid=IwAR22hcosreKmsJLeOuajzbWiXePzNLNwNk0iRXW94yI26kDs2djmLlWKhOc
TITLE: A Call to Restore Our Earth Through Art

AUTHOR: Frank Brabante
DATE PUBLISHED: April 28, 2021
KEY INFO: The Winning Entry of the poster-making and amateur photography contests that revolve on the subject matter, “SHARE TO SAVE: Share your energy-saving practices at home”.

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Winning entry of Frank Brabante under Category A of the Poster-Making Contest (Traditional Painting and Drawing) TAGUIG CITY – In line with the 2021 Earth Month Celebration with the theme, “Restore Our Earth™” the Department of Energy (DOE), through its Consumer Welfare and Promotion Office