The government of the Philippines is eyeing to increase the utilization of cost-efficient renewable energy (RE) systems and technologies in the country’s agriculture and fisheries sector as it is set to implement an eight-year blueprint for the initiative.
The strategic directions for the Renewable Energy Program for the Agri-Fishery Sector (REPAFS) were recently presented during the first meeting of a joint technical working group (JTWG) chaired by the Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (DA-BAFE) and the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Management Bureau (REMB).
Formulated by the BAFE, the REPAFS is an eight-year program that will be implemented from 2022 to 2030.
It acts as the blueprint in the effective and efficient integration of RE in agriculture and fisheries sectors, and serves as a component of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP).
Short-term projects under the program or from 2022 to 2026 include promotion of RE technologies for agri-fisheries production and postharvest operations; and the integration of design of different RE systems as additional or alternative power source of agricultural and fisheries facilities (including comparative cost studies for different RE set-ups.
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