P5-T investment needed to develop 25 GW hydropower

Inquirer.net - Oct 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Expanding the country’s hydropower capability with an additional 25 gigawatts will require about P5 trillion in new investments, an energy official said Thursday. According to Ariel Fronda, division chief of the DOE’s Hydropower & Ocean Energy Management Division, activating one megawatt from hydropower would cost about P200 million. READ: The inverse relationship between

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