Rizal PHL | April 2013
Many quarters, like the Greenpeace have severely criticized the use of the $500 million CTF (Clean Technology Fund) sourced from $l00 PHL govt and the rest from ADB that will be used for e trikes. They say that this does not solve the RE problem, nor does this promote clean technology in the long term, because to plug in/recharge the e trikes, you have to plug in to the grid which use fossil fuels.
The $500 million fund could be very well used to buy l00 mW of solar power even at 2010 prices of $5 million/mW.
But analyzing the videos from ADB, the fund is really for e trikes which will benefit the tricycle drivers/operators in the PHL. It will lessen carbon emission and will benefit the Japanese manufacturers who will mass produce the e trikes. Is this CSV (yes for the Japanese who are major stockholders of ADB)?
So enough about talk of CTF being used for AREP (Alternative Renewable Energy in the PHL) It is for E trike period. If we want to help Mindanao power problem, you must find other solutions or be entrepreneurial
Showing posts with label AREP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AREP. Show all posts
April 9, 2013
April 5, 2013
Welcome to AREP (Alternative Renewable Energy in the Philippines) site - it is PERA spelled backwards
If spelled backwards, AREP is PERA (money!) This site is also about money - saving money.
Ever since I had a guest on Alternative Energy who discussed RA 9513 of 2008, I started to have a very keen interest on alternative energy.
With the prospect of brown outs (as what had happened to the term of CA and FVR) and the ever increasing cost (PHL has the highest power cost in Asia), new alternative energy sources of energy must be found or we must adopt these modern technologies now.
One of the most feasible now is solar. There are solar installations in USA where the cost of generation is at l2 cents/kw. Wow. Solar costs have gone down by as much as 50% during the last 4 years and therefore has become a feasible alternative energy source.
Oil or coal might run out in the next 30 years. The higher cost of power/fuel reflects the decline in supply of fuel.
If you are on solar power and the LCOE is PHP 6.00/kwhr, then its going to be that amount for the next 25 years. It wont change no matter what the price of fossil fuel is.
Ever since I had a guest on Alternative Energy who discussed RA 9513 of 2008, I started to have a very keen interest on alternative energy.
With the prospect of brown outs (as what had happened to the term of CA and FVR) and the ever increasing cost (PHL has the highest power cost in Asia), new alternative energy sources of energy must be found or we must adopt these modern technologies now.
One of the most feasible now is solar. There are solar installations in USA where the cost of generation is at l2 cents/kw. Wow. Solar costs have gone down by as much as 50% during the last 4 years and therefore has become a feasible alternative energy source.
Oil or coal might run out in the next 30 years. The higher cost of power/fuel reflects the decline in supply of fuel.
If you are on solar power and the LCOE is PHP 6.00/kwhr, then its going to be that amount for the next 25 years. It wont change no matter what the price of fossil fuel is.
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