RE target missed amid expanding energy need

By Jordeene B. Lagare

Sep 02, 2019 12:10 am

The Department of Energy (DoE) missed its renewable energy (RE) target amid a projected increase in the country’s power requirement.

This comes as Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said the country’s energy requirement was seen to increase four-fold by 2040, or an average of 5.7 percent a year under a high economic growth scenario.

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