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Philippines is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia that is made up of more than 7,000 islands. Its major island groups are categorized into three parts: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The country follows a constitutional republic. The growing energy demand across the Philippines poses challenges to the energy transition and has resulted in increasing the dependency on imported fossil fuels. There is the potential with some of the policies already in place to bring renewables to the forefront, however, transformations have been delayed. Thus, no formal net-zero targets have been set for the Philippines as of yet.

Population
Population

110 Million

GDP
GDP/capita

3500 USD

Target
Net-zero Target

No formal target

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The power sector in the Philippines is dominated by coal, which is responsible for almost 60% of power generation. Together with its second largest power source — natural gas (18%) — and oil (1.5%), fossil fuels make up more than three quarters of the Philippines’ power supply. Established renewable energy sources such as geothermal (10%) and hydro (9%) also generated a relevant share of the country’s electricity in 2021. The shares of solar and wind power are increasing but are still small at 1.4% and 1.2% respectively.

Three-quarters of electricity consumption is distributed across the three main demand sectors: households (33%), industry sector (26%) and services (20%).

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Article: WWF-Philippines’ FInRE-BXU Program a Good Example of Local Government Participation in Energy Planning

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines, together with the LGU of Butuan participated in a virtual forum on Republic Act 11285, or Energy Efficiency and Conservation Law for Mindanao LGUs. The forum was hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE), the European Union-supported Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (EU-ASEP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the ASEP Clean Energy Living Laboratories (ASEP-CELLS). 

The forum is the latest milestone in WWF-Philippines’ Financing and Integrating Renewable Energy in Butuan City (FiNRE-BXU) project. The project is a bottom-up, top-down planning process that looks to address Butuan’s energy gaps. To do this, WWF-Philippines has been training local stakeholders, integrating indigenous resources, and engaging financing institutions and energy developers to pursue clean, sustainable energy projects.

 

8/18/2022 1:56:06 AM | Ralph Justice Apita
USAID Launches PHP1.6 Billion Project to Promote Clean Energy in the Philippines

Manila, June 28, 2021—The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched on Monday, June 28, its flagship project to support a more competitive, secure, and resilient Philippine energy sector.  The five-year, Php1.6-billion ($34 million) Energy Secure Philippines (ESP) project will promote the country’s key energy sector priorities and support its climate mitigation goals.

8/17/2022 6:34:19 PM | Ralph Justice Apita

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