Energy in the Philippines

[1] The total primary energy consumption of the Philippines in 2012 was 30.2 Mtoe (million Tonnes of oil equivalent),[2] most of which came from fossil fuels.

The number of coal-fired power plants in the country is set to increase by 25 by the year 2030 to keep up with the Philippines' growing energy demands.

As of March 2016, there were a total of 13 natural gas generation facilities connected to the energy grid,[9][10][11] 12 of which are in Luzon and one of which is in Cebu on Visayas.

The Philippines also generates a significant amount of electrical energy from oil, albeit to a lesser degree than compared to coal and natural gas.

The Philippines also benefits from sharing of surplus energy supply from Visayas geothermal fields thru Leyte-Luzon HVDC interconnection since 1998.

Due to limited capacity of Leyte-Luzon 350kV HVDC up to 440MW full sharing of island resources will be realized in the year 2035 for the upgrading to bipolar of the existing monopolar.

Some of the policies provide an income tax holiday up to seven years, duty-free import of equipment for renewable energy technologies, etc.