PH, Asean countries to boost biomass utilization

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan: The Philippines sees the potential of biomass as a source of renewable energy, which prompted the Department of Energy (DOE) to host last week an international conference and capacity building workshop on biomass, as part of the overall strategy for sustainable energy development in Southeast Asia.

The workshop was conducted under the auspices of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), which is part of the 6th Power and Energy Infrastructure Cluster (PEIC) meeting. This activity underscored the importance of biomass and biofuels as abundant indigenous resources in the region for power supply and rural electrification.