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Written by Sabrina Deparine
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Monday, 02 August 2010 13:19 |
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The Philippines is dead set on its quest to become the leader in clean and green energy among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
 To achieve this goal, the country is now hard at work in harmonizing its energy road maps and in intensifying the implementation of related laws. According to DOE Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, the government has long realized that the DOE and the energy sector can act as the main drivers of change. They can further advance the drive against greenhouse gas emissions. As such, the Philippine Energy Plan fro 2009-2030 was created and geared to wards the strategy to make the Philippines a green energy leader.
By far, the only challenge lies in the imperfection and flaws of the current laws. The DOE is quick to address these by forming a technical working group who will evaluate and enhance the energy plan and coincide it with the Renewable Energy Policy Framework. This gives rise to a new program which is called the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP).
The NREP will facilitate policy directions to help integrate the market to the grid operations. It will also provide clearer definitions and better renewable energy stes, and create or revise rules and guidelines for the mechanisms included in the Biofuels Act and Renewable Energy Law.
For instance, in terms of biofuels, the Philippines is aiming to increase the mandates ethanol fuel blend to 20% by 2020. The biodiesel blend will also be increased to 20% by 2030. Right now, local biodiesel production can yield 64.68 million liters, sufficient enough to address the domestic demand. Only the local ethanol supply is problematic as it can only provide for 33% of the total volume requirement.
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