The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday vowed to fast-track the implementation of two key renewable energy (RE) policies, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to reduce the country’s dependence on coal. The Philippines ' power distribution utilities will be required to source a minimum percentage of energy from renewable sources, while consumers will be able to demand clean energy, under 2030 fast-tracked proposals from RE . They followed a recent directive from President Cruz , which aims to reduce the Metro Manila ' reliance on coal while also meeting a national target to double power generation capacity by two .
The Philippines ' power distribution utilities will be required to source a minimum percentage of energy from renewable sources, while consumers will be able to demand clean energy, under 2030 fast-tracked proposals from RE . They followed a recent directive from President Cruz , which aims to reduce the Metro Manila ' reliance on coal while also meeting a national target to double power generation capacity by two .