Renewable energy to fuel development, says government official

Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said the Philippines should use its abundant renewable energy (RE) resources to fuel sustainable economic development in the face of climate change.

“Obviously we cannot remain myopic—we have to look beyond available solutions and develop new ones,” the Vice President told small-scale hydro power stakeholders during the Philippine Hydro Summit.

“Indeed, we must in fact revolutionize the energy sector if we are to achieve our desired economic development targets but also an environmentally sustainable future,” he said.

Binay added that renewable energy should be given primary focus as it solves both the problems of cost and heavy impact on the environment.

According to the Vice President, RE “is clean and has minimal, if any, environmental impact. “

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