GOV’T CONSIDERING ALL NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE ENERGY SECURITY, IMPROVE ENERGY MIX
The government is considering all technologies to ensure
energy security and improve energy mix for renewables, President Ferdinand R.
Marcos Jr. said on Friday as he visited a wind farm project in Ilocos Norte.
“At lahat nitong bagong teknolohiya ay talagang titingnan
natin. We continue to work on all of the sources of renewable energy,”
President Marcos said during the presentation to him of ACEN Corp.’s
160-Megawatt Wind Farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.
“As I mentioned, solar.…. pagagandahin natin ‘yung mga
geothermal, ‘yung mga dam natin, baka puwede pang i-expand ang hydrothermal na
power na kinukuha natin diyan.”
Aside from renewables, the administration is looking at
nuclear power, he said, assuring the public that using such energy source must
be within the highest safety and environmental standards to avoid accidents and
disasters.
“But nonetheless, kailangan na kailangan patuloy na tayong
naghahanap ng bagong renewable energy sources. Kailangan patuloy ang ating
pagtatayo ng mga facilities kagaya nito dahil ang kailangan ngayon sa market ay
clean energy,” he said.
The President emphasized that his administration is working
to fix the country’s energy sector from the supply side to distribution to
ensure sufficient electricity supply, highlighting their importance to ordinary
consumers, businesses and manufacturers.
Every step from power generation to distribution must be
fine-tuned to boost the country’s overall economic activity, he said.
The government and people of Ilocos Norte should keep the
province as the pioneer for renewables, he said, recalling that the first wind
farm in Southeast Asia was built in the town of Bangui during his term as
governor of Ilocos Norte.
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