DOE pushes to rush switch on of 300MW RE capacity by April 2026

The Department of Energy (DOE) is looking into advancing the delivery of about 300 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy (RE) capacity by April, which are scheduled to come online later this year.

This is as the agency looks for ways to ease the potential impact of the Middle East crisis on electricity supply and prices.

“Our undersecretaries are working hard so that all the RE projects that are supposed to come in late this year… We are advancing this quarter. Out of the 900 MW, we are advancing by next month around 300 MW,” Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said at a virtual press briefing.

“We’re balancing it… This is a temporary measure in respect,” she said.

Under the Fourth Round of the Green Energy Auction Program (GEA-4) conducted late 2025, the DOE awarded over 10,000 MW of RE capacity which are targeted to be delivered starting 2026 until 2029.

Broken down, the GEA-4 awarded capacity includes over 4,000 MW of ground-mounted solar, more than 2,000 MW of floating solar, over 2,000 MW of onshore wind, and over 1,000 MW of Integrated RE with Storage (IRES).

Garin said advancing the delivery of some 300 MW RE capacity is a “temporary measure in the sense that we have also to respect the contractual obligations now and rights of this companies.”

“But we’ve met them and they’re willing them to participate in this temporary measure that we’re trying to start by April 1,” she said. — JMA, GMA Integrated News