First Gen Corp. has set its sights on the 796-megawatt (MW) Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric power plants in Laguna to scale up its hydro power portfolio. “We’re looking at it. We ...

Last year, only 18% of overall global energy consumption came from carbon-free energy sources (i.e., nuclear, hydro, wind, solar and other), and most of that was from nuclear and hydro.