The Philippines is an archipelago country that shares a maritime border with China and Indonesia and occupies a total land area of 300,000 km2. In 2023 the total population in the country is 114.8 million people. The economy is growing with GDP (Current US$) reached USD 437.1 billion in 2023, growth 10.9% from previous year [1]. The access to electricity is 98% of population in 2023, Philippines endeavour to provide full electricity access in the upcoming years.​

The electricity consumption in the country is 834 kWh per capita. Based on Philippines RE target which refers to National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), RE is tripled the 2010 installed capacity, 5.4GW to 15.3GW by 2030. The 2023 the installed capacity is dominated by coal with 43.85% share followed hydro with 13.43%, for RE side the high contribution is from hydropower and geothermal (6.9%) [2].

[1] National account with conversion value of WDI
[2] Country official data