DATE PUBLISHED: January 30, 2023
KEY INFO: The Gensan Official Government intends to construct a solar power plant in General Santos. This will be the first in the country if the construction of the Agrovoltaic Solar Power Plant in General Santos City goes ahead, which is expected to provide more energy and jobs to the people of Gensan. The majority of the nearby city of General Santos experienced power outages on a regular basis and if this project is successful, the nearby city will benefit from it as well. This energy will not only solve a major problem in most households, but it will also be more environmentally friendly because solar energy is clean, renewable, and less expensive.

DATE PUBLISHED: December 30, 2022
KEY INFO: Typhoon Odette has caused extensive damage to Surigao City and surrounding islands, including the electric grids and post. A study conducted by the University of the Philippines Diliman's Department of Chemical Engineering discovered that renewable energy-based hybrid systems could be suitable alternatives to diesel power plants in island grids. This would cut power costs by 20%, which would be a significant help to the city's growth. They can reduce costs, rely less on imported diesel, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using solar-powered energy.

TITLE: Power Play: Developing Renewable Energy Solutions for the Philippines | ANC

PUBLISHED: April 13, 2022

Interviewer: Michelle Ong

Hosts: Atty Andre de Jesus (DOE), Eric Fancia (Acen), Leandro Leviste (Solar Philippines), Oliver Tan (Citicore Power), Ed Francisco (BDO Capital), and Sara Ahmed (Financial Future Center).

 

Key info: This could help Mindanao since it is part of the Philippines. It is still affected by The commitment to the renewable market is still on track, even if the renewable market is still pending. However, the private sector is still in play regarding providing and trying to incentivize investment in renewables within 2030. So the economy will finally transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy. And the sector is also planning to develop battery and storage space for power. While we are still developing, the industry is also planning on doing business in neighboring countries. According to Eric Francia, while the demand is low in the pandemic, there are still opportunities in the region and they are doubling down in the Philippines for 2022 and are willing to invest 55 Billion pesos, more than 60% will be in the Philippines. According to Sara Jane Ahmed, not only they need to energy security but also on reliability.

AUTHOR: CNA Insider
PUBLISHED: February 27, 2021

KEY INFO: Not a Mindanao documentary but it may help a bit. A Singaporean engineer and a Cambodian engineer working together on how to start a windmill farm; we can see the engineers' process on where to put the windmill and what they need to do. The location also needs to be addressed while working on renewable energy to get its maximum capacity. Like in Singapore, the country is at the equator where wind speeds are low and the sun is their primary source of energy, since they are low on land, they either put solar panels on the roofs or make them float on water. And the solar farm is expected to generate over 6000 MWH for the whole year, which is equal to powering 1200 4-room hdb flats for a year. Vietnam wind farms with ten wind turbines can produce 40 MW per hour which can power over 500 households. Knowing what other countries are doing to save energy and create fewer gas emissions is essential. For the context of Mindanao, we can use this information to maximize our renewable energy farms for all the residents in the area, know what we should invest rather than invest in all renewable energy, and fight climate change.

DATE PUBLISHED: November 20, 2021
KEY INFO: This video discussed the future of renewable energy. Given Mindanao's abundance of land, agriculture, and biodiversity, it is essential to find a more environmentally friendly method of producing electricity. We can see that 5 years ago, the cost of electricity skyrocketed due to the rising price of Mindanao's primary energy source, coal. We can save a lot of money by investing in solar-powered energy by using renewable energy.

DATE PUBLISHED: January 5, 2023
KEY INFO: During the war between Russia and Ukraine, the world suffered from high diesel gas prices because the majority of imported diesel gas came from Russia. Gasoline prices have been a major driver of inflation in Europe. As a result of the war and sanctions imposed on Moscow, they reached all-time highs in 2022. Europe has been adapting to the use of renewable generating energy, with the goal of using 100% renewable generated energy. Europe has reduced its carbon footprint, with renewable energy accounting for 46% of total energy consumption. Knowing that Mindanao is rich in agriculture and biodiversity, it is essential to implement the use of green energy because it is healthier for our environment and benefits not only the animals around us but also us humans.

TITLE: The role of renewable energy in the global energy transformation

AUTHOR/S: Dolf Gielen, Francisco Boshell, Deger Seygin, Morgan D. Bazilian, Nicholas Wagner, Ricardo Gorini.

PUBLISHED: January 31, 2019

 

Key Info: It was analyzed that the future of clean air, water, and accessible energy access is technically possible while avoiding climate change. And there are a lot of alternatives to fossil fuel, and we need to transition our global energy since our average global temperature is increasing by 2° Celsius. The ambition of renewable energy targets is consistently raised in many countries. Like the European Union adjusted its binding target for 2030 from 27% to 32% in June 2018. Since we are tackling a part of climate change, air pollution is our primary driver for this goal. And the emissions of CO2 need to be reduced by 85% between 2015 and 2050. And the decarbonization of the energy system is affordable, and the transition to the low-carbon energy sector will amount to 0.4% of the Global GDP in 2050. While this is happening in other countries, we can take inspiration from them and use it in Mindanao, and it may even be worth the investments in those areas to save our planet.