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Marcos stresses importance of shift to renewable energy sources
By ANNA FELICIA BAJO,GMA Integrated NewsPresident Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday underscored the importance to shift from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy.
This developed as Marcos graced the presentation of ACEN Corp.'s 160-megawatt wind farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.
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"We are very, very happy to have been... to be considered the pioneers now of wind power at least and hopefully patuloy sa solar power and all renewables dito sa Ilocos Norte," Marcos said in his speech.
"And that is why I am here today because it is important to highlight the importance of our shift from fossil fuels to renewables. And this is a very, very important and very, very large part of that shift that we are trying to implement in our energy mix," he added.
Marcos said there was a need to look for renewable energy sources to achieve "clean energy" in the market.
He said that he had been told by those in mining companies that some buyers wanted them to prove that they used clean energy in their production.
"Kung hindi, hindi namin bibilhin," Marcos said of the buyers.
"So it is not just talking about climate change. It is not just talking about helping the renewables gain a bigger percentage of the energy mix. It is also a practical matter. This is the way we do business today," he added.
Marcos urged his fellow Ilocanos "to keep the province as the pioneer for renewables."
"We are leading the way for the whole country. And it is a good place to be because it is very important to not only Ilocanos, not only tayo dito sa Ilocos Norte but for the entire Philippines," Marcos said.
Hethanked the Ayala Corporation for its "continuing support in our pursuit not in Ilocos Norte but in the Philippines for all of these renewable energies."
"And the time hopefully will come – hopefully soon – that we can say na iurong na natin ang energy mix natin in favor of renewables," Marcos said. —NB, GMA Integrated News