All these comments about the tech but not the political stability and outlook of the country.
Philippines has always been adapting new technology, but suffers failures on general governance that prevents them from really changing the country.
Has there been recent success that solved the energy issue within the country? (I really don't know.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Nuclear_Power_Plant - Didn't work, built by a fault line, fully constructed, never powered the country. Much more political fallout - fun read. You can get tours of the place if you call the right number, which always changes and there is no voicemail or whatsapp/viber/facebook option available.
There are also much more studies and reports that contain fully documented news articles and government press releases, that overestimated capacity during bid/build and actual provided energy. This is another example - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3907028.
I have nothing against the Philippines, nor am I filipino, but it is interesting to see a country continually promise, promote and market solutions that are somewhat forgotten when they come into fruition. Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see what happens with this solution.
And I also find it quite humorous that the beer company, san miguel corp controls 30% energy transmission https://www.sanmiguel.com.ph/page/power-energy and continues to build coal power plants, which are mostly dependent on coal exports from China.
I'm interested, because it seems like a comedy sketch when you put it all together. I'm not saying any other country is perfect, flawless with execution or never has problems but when I look at Philippines performance for South East Asia - they always appear dead last, by a huge margin - while Indonesia and Thailand seem to have proper governance and expands infrastructure services and more to help their population.
Philippines has always been adapting new technology, but suffers failures on general governance that prevents them from really changing the country.
Has there been recent success that solved the energy issue within the country? (I really don't know.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Nuclear_Power_Plant - Didn't work, built by a fault line, fully constructed, never powered the country. Much more political fallout - fun read. You can get tours of the place if you call the right number, which always changes and there is no voicemail or whatsapp/viber/facebook option available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_Philippines
Currently all deployments provides 1.6% of energy within the Philippines, but was built and foretasted to provide much more - https://www.doe.gov.ph/sites/default/files/pdf/energy_statis... (from wikipedia)
There are also much more studies and reports that contain fully documented news articles and government press releases, that overestimated capacity during bid/build and actual provided energy. This is another example - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3907028.
I have nothing against the Philippines, nor am I filipino, but it is interesting to see a country continually promise, promote and market solutions that are somewhat forgotten when they come into fruition. Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see what happens with this solution.
Some background information on the Philippines - it is the most expensive country in South East Asia, for electricity cost - https://ieefa.org/resources/philippine-energy-transition-bui...
And I also find it quite humorous that the beer company, san miguel corp controls 30% energy transmission https://www.sanmiguel.com.ph/page/power-energy and continues to build coal power plants, which are mostly dependent on coal exports from China.
I'm interested, because it seems like a comedy sketch when you put it all together. I'm not saying any other country is perfect, flawless with execution or never has problems but when I look at Philippines performance for South East Asia - they always appear dead last, by a huge margin - while Indonesia and Thailand seem to have proper governance and expands infrastructure services and more to help their population.