EDC donates PCR machines to enhance Negros Oriental’s COVID-19 resiliency
QUICK READ: Energy Development Corporation donates P8.5-million worth of equipment to help Negros Oriental fight COVID-19. Lopez-led renewable energy company Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is taking a huge step to help Negros Oriental put up its own COVID-19 testing facility by donating around P8.5-million worth of equipment, including two state-of-the-art Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain […]
EDC to conserve most rare, threatened BINHI native tree species with ERDB-DENR
QUICK READ: Energy Development Corporation and its program BINHI aims to restore forests, and this partnership with ERDB will help conserve rare native trees. The future has not only taken root. It has grown branches for Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation’s (EDC) BINHI program. Over 10 years since its launch and successful […]
Endangered mission
Photo Credit: Inquirer.net by Tina Arceo-Dumlao | Inquirer.net QUICK READ: PEF and EDC stand together in protecting the Philippine Eagle and Philippine forests. It is as if the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) had gone back in time to its early days in the late 1980s, when funds to bankroll its primary mission of saving […]
‘Green’ energy powers biodiversity
Photo Credit: Neon Rosell by Philstar.com QUICK READ: EDC’s reforestation program helps preserve biodiversity and maintain green energy sources. MANILA, Philippines – For Dr. Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, a professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and head of the UPLB Museum of Natural History, the current COVID-19 pandemic is a […]
Leyeco II linemen recognized by NEA, Philreca for their hard work and dedication
Photo Credit: Leyeco II Facebook Page by Lizbeth Ann A. Abella | Leyte-Samar Daily Express QUICK READ: These behind-the-scenes heroes work tirelessly to provide consumers stable electricity. TACLOBAN CITY – Linemen from the Leyte II Electric Cooperative (Leyeco II) were recognized in appreciation of their service not only to the cooperative but among its […]
Philippine Eagle rescued and freed in Mt. Apo Natural Park
QUICK READ: The eagle was rescued near where Energy Development Corporation operates and will be important in adding and monitoring eagles in this Philippine forest. Last June 8, a Philippine Eagle was rescued after being mobbed by a flock of crows in Barangay Kisante in Makilala, North Cotabato, near the Mt. Apo Natural Park […]
Biodiversity takes flight thanks to ‘green’ energy
QUICK READ: Ongoing forest restoration by Energy Development Corporation highlights the impact of endemic trees to biodiversity conservation. If there is one thing that the global COVID-19 pandemic has taught humans, it is that all life on earth is truly intertwined—“Ang lahat ng bagay ay magkaugnay,” as the classic Joey Ayala song came to […]
EDC-sponsored testing facility to enhance COVID resiliency in Ormoc, nearby provinces
Photo Credit: City Government of Ormoc Facebook Page The city government of Ormoc in Leyte has entered into a memorandum of agreement with Lopez geothermal energy leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) and non-stock, non- profit OSPA Farmers Medical Center (FMC) for the creation of a molecular diagnostic center that will enable more timely […]
‘PHL to reclaim global standing in geothermal energy generation’
by Lenie Lectura | Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) wants the Philippines to overtake Indonesia and reclaim its previous title as the world’s second-largest geothermal producer. “Let’s go for it and regain our previous global standing as one of the top countries in geothermal development,” Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said […]
EDC extends assistance to most COVID-19 affected municipality in Samar
Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) extended its assistance to a fourth class municipality in the province of Samar to aid them with the current crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). EDC’s Leyte Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Head Erwin Magallanes said the company, led by its Crisis Management and CSR teams, have […]