THE Department of Energy (DoE) is encouraging energy companies to voluntarily retire or repurpose early their coal-fired power plants to accelerate the country's shift to renewable energy.

The DoE cited as an example ACEN Corp.'s retirement of its 246-megawatt (MW) South Luzon Thermal Coal-Fired Power Plant back in 2022.

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