Another factory shifts energy use to RE
By MYRNA M. VELASCO
Mc Bride Corporation, which is into PET bottles manufacturing, is the latest to join the bandwagon of corporates which had shifted its power use to renewable energy (RE), as catered to by Lopez-led firm First Gen Corporation.
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Polyethylene terephthalate bottles manufacturer Mc Bride Corp. is decarbonizing its operations by switching to renewable energy through First Gen Corp.
Food manufacturer Monde Nissin Corporation (MNC) has inked a power supply agreement (PSA) with Energy Development Corporation (EDC), for it to source electricity supply from a renewable energy-generated resource.
According to EDC, which is a subsidiary firm of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation,
CLEAN ENERGY. The Mahanagdong geothermal power plant of Energy Development Corp., a unit of First Gen Corp., in Leyte. The power plant is supplying 600 kilowatts of clean energy to steel producer Puresteel Manufacturing Corp. in Mandaue, Cebu. (Photo courtesy of First Gen) MANILA - A Cebu-based steel manufacturer and property developer is set to be a carbon-neutral firm by 2025 as it completely shifted to renewable energy (RE) by tapping First Gen Corp. as its power supplier. In a statement Thursday, First Gen said the company is now supplying the total power requirement of Chioson Group of Companies of 2,100 kilowatts (kW) from geothermal power plants of Energy Development Corp. (EDC), a unit of First Gen. This, as Chioson Group tapped First Gen anew to supply 600 kW of clean energy for Puresteel Manufacturing Corp. in Mandaue, Cebu. The power supply comes from EDC geothermal plant in Leyte. Puresteel manufactures and distributes steel products like c-purlins, corrugated sheets, squar