Philippines could supplement 57%-60% of its energy needs with renewables by 2040 (Business Mirror)

Bangui Windmills are located in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It is also known as the NorthWind Bangui Bay Project, a project by the NorthWind Development Corporation as a practice renewable energy sources and to help reduce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The project is the first “Wind Farm” in the Philippines consisting of wind turbines on-shore facing the South China Sea and considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia. The project sells electricity to the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) and provides 40% of the power requirements of Ilocos Norte via Transco Laoag. (Photo credit: Paolo Dala)

The Business Mirror published an article on the findings of IFPRI’s researchers Alam Mondal, Mark Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler, Angga Pradesha, Rowena Valmonte-Santos, which support renewable energy development in the Philippines. The study assessed four alternative energy development strategies, and found that the Philippines could supplement 57 percent to 60 percent of its energy needs with renewables by 2040. The study shows how this can be achieved through carbon taxes or subsidies for renewable energy. (Photo credit: Paolo Dala)

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