Local renewable energy developer PhilCarbon Inc. has sought the help of the US government to rehabilitate and preserve a national heritage which is the 50-kilowatt Pasonanca hydropower station in Zamboanga City.
Citinickel Mines and Development Corp. has completed the rehabilitation of the Pinagduguan River and the farm areas affected by the waste spill in southern Palawan, a company official said.
Japanese firm Sumifru Banana Corp., Land Bank of the Philippines and banana growers in areas hard-hit by Typhoon “Pablo” are set to sign a tripartite agreement to rehabilitate affected banana plantations in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley.
Acquiring new power barges worth roughly P80 million each will be more feasible for the private sector to undertake than acquiring and rehabilitating the four diesel-fired power barges being sold by the government, according to Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla.
Philex Mining Corp. said it would spend more than P1 billion for the rehabilitation and cleanup of Balog Creek near its Padcal mine.
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is preparing to bid out the contract for the rehabilitation of Angat Dam, which supplies water to Metro Manila’s 15 million residents and irrigates 27,000 hectares of farmlands in Bulacan and Pampanga.
Improvements on the three-decade-old Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 finally started following a local construction firm’s successful bid to secure the contract for a key component of the rehabilitation project.
The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is embarking on a P404-million rehabilitation of the Binga substation in Benguet to accommodate the increase in the generating capacities of the 225-megawatt Ambuklao and Binga hydroelectric power plants in the province.
State-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) is picking up the pace of rehabilitation of the 255-megawatt Pulangui IV hydroelectric power plant in Bukidnon, to help minimize the power interruptions that have been plaguing the island since the beginning of the year.
Energy Development Corp., the country’s biggest producer of geothermal energy, is set to finally complete within the year the rehabilitation of two geothermal complexes it acquired from the government, the 150-megawatt Bacon-Manito (BacMan) and the 305-MW Palinpinon-Tongonan power plants.
The Royal Dutch Shell Plc is donating $1 million to aid the communities affected by the catastrophic storm Sendong (international name typhoon: Washi).
Malacañang has given the green light for the release of P1.16 billion for the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 and “revive (it) as a world-class transport facility.”
