The Philippines remains heavily reliant on coal, with the fossil fuel powering 54 percent of the total electricity output even during the coronavirus pandemic, data from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) show.
According to the WESM manager, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (Iemop), there were 9,042 megawatts of coal-fired power generating capacity, accounting for 43 percent of the 20,873 MW registered at the spot market.
Natural gas-fired power plants were a far second with 3,295 MW or 16 percent of total.
In terms of electricity that was generated in the 10 months ending in October 2020, coal represented 35,732 gigawatt-hours or 54 perce…
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