Is renewable energy unreliable? and other questions about RE answered
MANILA, Philippines – The world is well aware of the dangers of climate change. It’s good for the environment but can it really power homes and businesses 24/7? Just this March, Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old Swedish kid, sparked a climate revolution led by children like herself around the globe. It’s dubbed as the […]
Looking climate change straight in the eye
MANILA, Philippines – At least 90 people were killed by natural calamities in September. The bunkhouse chapel that a mining community ran to for refuge during the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong (international name Mangkhut) was squashed and buried after a massive landslide hit Barangay Ucab in Itogon, Benguet. Five days after, another landslide hit […]
EDC to directly remit ER1-94 benefits to Leyte beneficiaries this year
Beneficiaries of Lopez-owned and geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in Ormoc and Kananga, Leyte will soon reap the benefits of hosting its geothermal plants directly from the company after recently signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish trust accounts for their accrued financial benefits. The MOA between EDC and its beneficiaries will […]
EDC continues to reforest Mount Talinis
Geothermal energy needs lush forests to recharge its reservoir. Without trees to hold and release water deep into the earth, geothermal steam fields will dry up and will not be able to produce enough steam to run its power plants. For this reason, geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has been planting, growing, and maintaining […]
EDC one of top-performing PH companies in human rights disclosure
Lopez-led and premier renewable energy company Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a subsidiary of First Gen Corporation, is taking the lead in aligning its human rights disclosures with the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and Human Rights (BHR). Endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, the UNGPs direct both states and […]
EDC, partners give Christmas packs to over 3,000 earthquake victims in Cotabato
Over 3,000 residents of Barangay Ilomavis in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato will still get to celebrate Christmas despite the strong earthquakes that hit their province and other parts of Mindanao this October and early December, thanks to the Noche Buena packs that geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) and its partners, Manobo Apao Descendants Ancestral […]
Ormoc City recognizes EDC’s part in its history on charter day
The day’s series of events kicked off in the morning with the blessing of the new geothermal wellhead figure at the rotonda in Barangay San Pablo, Ormoc City. The seven-meter figure is an actual part of EDC’s oldest and biggest geothermal facility that straddles between Ormoc City and the province of Kananga, Leyte. The wellhead […]
De La Salle Philippines goes greener as EDC’s new BINHI partner
De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) lives up to its green legacy through its new BINHI partnership with geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC). BINHI is EDC’s greening legacy program that aims to bring back to abundance our endangered Philippine native tree species. It is also the only corporate-led forest restoration initiative that has been bridging […]
EDC helps address Mindanao quake sanitation and water needs
Almost a month since the first of a series of high-intensity earthquakes struck the province of Cotabato on October 16, proper sanitation and drinking water facilities remain a top priority among displaced residents in evacuation centers across the Mindanao region, according to local government officials. In Barangay Ilomavis in Kidapawan City, Barangay Captain Datu Jimmy […]
Meditation place now home to BINHI endangered native trees
Prayer and meditation for guests will now be more meaningful at Grotto de Banloc in Looc, Romblon as it just became home to endangered Philippine native trees in a BINHI arboretum that was recently inaugurated. BINHI is geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation’s (EDC) forest restoration and biodiversity preservation program that aims to save endangered […]