CLIMATE JUSTICE: Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi calls for climate justice in the Philippine energy sector during his presentation yesterday (March 8) at the virtual Conference of Parties (COP) 26 Energy Transition Council National Dialogue.
TAGUIG CITY, Mar. 10 Energy Chief Alfonso G. Cusi on Monday (8 March), invited the participants in the Conference of Parties (COP) 26 Energy Transition Council (ETC) National Dialogue to avail the government’s Green Energy Option Program (GEOP), as the Department of Energy (DOE) promotes Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency & Conservation (EE&C) to achieve energy security.
GEOP is a RE policy mechanism that provides end-users the option to choose RE resources as their source of energy. GEOP as a non-fiscal incentive mechanism under Section 9, Chapter Ill of Republic Act 9513 or the Philippine RE Act of 2008 ( An Act Promoting the Development, Utilization and Commercialization of Renewable Energy Resources and for Other Purposes ).
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Published December 19, 2020, 6:00 AM
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has given the Green, Healthy, Smart, and Sustainable Ecozone Award to Lopez-led First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) for its “notable commitment to promoting healthy industrialization and sustainably-designed, smart, and green economic zone.”
FPIP was one of only two ecozones to receive the award – the first to be given by PEZA to honor outstanding registered economic zone locators.
PEZA opened the new Green, Healthy, Smart and Sustainable Ecozone Award category for the year 2020 ceremonies as a way to encourage ecozone developers to, among other things, “design ecozone towards sustainability and a decarbonized future;” and “adopt clean and green technologies/methodologies” that would make ecozone operations “more efficient and environment-friendly.”
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