{"id":12304,"date":"2014-05-27T23:53:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=12304"},"modified":"2014-05-27T23:53:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:53:59","slug":"govt-aims-for-higher-wind-power-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/27\/govt-aims-for-higher-wind-power-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t aims for higher wind power projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12308\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wind-power.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12308\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wind-power.jpg\" alt=\"The Bangui Wind Farm in Ilocos Norte \/ Wikipedia Photos\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wind-power.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/wind-power-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bangui Wind Farm in Ilocos Norte \/ Wikipedia Photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">MANILA &#8212; To increase the country\u2019s power capacity, the government is now aiming to raise installation targets for wind power projects, according to the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">NREB chairman Pedro Maniego Jr. said that adjustments might be made once they set a definite date for the commercial operation ongoing plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Though there are still no adjustments for the wind installation target, the current installation target for wind are at 200 megawatts (MW).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">He also added that \u201cthe wind proponents must show that their projects will be like solar, so as to augment the power supply and thus moderate the increase in WESM prices during peak demand periods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">NREB is the advisory body tasked with the effective implementation of renewable energy projects in the country while WESM, or the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, is the country\u2019s trading floor for electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Meanwhile, The Department of Energy has already issued certification, which was already transmitted to the Energy Regulatory Commission, adjusting total solar installation target from 50 to 500 MW.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/author\/Iris%20C.%20Gonzales\/\"><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">With reports from Iris C. Gonzales<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; To increase the country\u2019s power capacity, the government is now aiming to raise installation targets for wind power &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":12308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,5],"tags":[3788,4137,4136],"class_list":["post-12304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","category-technology","tag-doe","tag-power-supply","tag-wind-power","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}