Duterte inaugurates solar panel factory

SANTO TOMAS, Batangas — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday inaugurated the first Filipino-owned solar panel factory that would enable Filipino homes to cut their electricity bills by 30 percent.

Solar Philippines president Leandro Leviste said the solar factory in Santo Tomas, Batangas province, would produce 2.5 million panels a year, establishing the Philippines as a player in the global renewable energy revolution.

The solar panels ( for example: GOAL ZERO NOMAD 7 ) will also be exported to the United States and the European Union, he said.

“We have an agreement with Chinese manufacturers that, instead of making the panels in China, they will be made here in the Philippines for export to the US and Europe,” Leviste told reporters.

“The Americans and Europeans prefer those ‘Made in the Philippines’ because the quality is better,” he added.

Leviste said Solar Philippines had submitted to the country’s electric utilities an offer to replace many planned fossil fuel plants with solar farms that could produce 5,000 megawatts of electricity at lower costs.

Solar panel prices have fallen 90 percent over the last 10 years—50 percent in the last three years alone—prompting countries like China and India to source the majority of their future power from renewables.

“Electricity from coal plants costs around P5 to P6 per kilowatt but solar farms would cut that down to P2.99 per kilowatt. So, the charge for solar energy from solar farms is almost one-half,” Leviste said.

“Filipinos can save 30 percent on electricity, and the average family paying P3,000 will see their bill [drop] to P2,000 a month. And now with the latest batteries, entire towns can use solar energy for 24 hours a day,” he added.

For individual homes


Leviste said the Santo Tomas factory would also produce panels so that individual homes could have their own solar panels on their roofs.

“Before, these were only for SM or Robinsons malls but, because of this factory, all Filipinos who have an electricity bill of P1,000 to P3,000 a month can get a solar panel and pay it on installment,” he said.

Leviste said Solar Philippines had received 10,000 inquiries from people who were interested to buy solar panels.

“We started production in March for our projects with SM and solar farms in Tarlac and Mindoro. But with this grand launch, we will now offer these to the retail market,” he said.

“So, we can get rid of those fossil fuel plants and replace them with solar farms. The Philippines can save P200 billion every year or P1,000 per month per family,” he added.

Solar Philippines also announced during Wednesday’s plant inauguration a new initiative that would help communities with poor electricity service to form their own “solar power associations” and benefit from low-cost 24/7 power.

“We don’t measure our success in terms of profits or revenues, but our contribution toward the development of the Philippines. This factory will create 50,000 jobs for the solar industry, from manufacturing to installation, and show the world that Filipino ingenuity is second to none,” Leviste said.

Global leader

A statement from Solar Philippines said that by 2018, the Santo Tomas factory would manufacture panels that could produce 800 MW, “greater than the solar production capacity in the entire United States, making the Philippines a global leader in solar panel manufacturing.”

“Around the world, consumers are going solar because they see the renewable energy revolution has already arrived. We are optimistic that not only will Filipinos think the same, but also soon see that the Philippines can become the leader in this global energy transition,” Leviste said.

Why do you need to outsource SEO?

Whether you want it or not, there's a good chance that many individuals have never heard of your company. These folks might be your customers if only they can find you on search engines and buying from you. It's well accepted that building awareness is the first step to land a new customer. For instance, whenever someone sees a TV advertisement about that brand new car, you hope that he or she is on the market for a vehicle at the moment. However, comparatively few people are in that situation at any one time. The vast majority of people who watched the TV advertisement have no interest in purchasing a car right now. But someday they will. So advertisers understand that the messages - the model of the car and company name in their commercials will stick in viewers' minds, who might remember the message after when they're ready to get a vehicle. It is the same for Google best local SEO company.

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Blank Excel Pay Stubs: A Tool for the Novice User

Between purchases and bills and statements and delivery notes, the quantity of paperwork managed with a business on a daily basis is staggering. Add these for the facts necessary to make paystub generator and any business will shortly require Microsoft exceed to handle its pay stub generator. This can be a unique software addon which allows a novice to create pay stubs with comparative simplicity.

Microsoft Excel templates are easy software a company may use to get ready worker salaries as per its plan, whether weekly or monthly. There are several kinds of layouts available, nevertheless, the novice user might be better off using the clear Succeed realpay stubs.

This really is an added attribute in your normal Microsoft Excel. Once stimulated the application extracts employee information from the company database and prepares required documentation for check stub administration. One convenient feature of this application is the fact that it helps to ensure that the real pay stubs produced are almost flawless.
The terms of occupation may differ from worker to some other, therefore necessitating some variations with regards to the template used in the preparation in their create a pay stubs. But, there is some info that must definitely be integrated regardless of the character of occupation.

The National Law prescribes what ought to be a part of create pay stub; these specifics are the employee's gross and online payments, federal and state tax and any deductions. Where regional authorities impose taxes or costs, these also need to be included. Every other pretax reduction such as 401K obligations should also be indicated. The specified end result is definitely an indication of the particular personnel Online Pay.

By using the correct software with the proper design, companies may flip boring payday issues into basic button pushing activities; therefore clearing time for you to give attention to working for the company while cutting on-costs and trouble caused when utilizing a paper based manual check stubs system.

Palestinian invented robot to clean solar panels

A 24-year-old Palestinian engineer has cracked into new scientific dimensions by inventing a robot that could clean solar panel cells without human intervention.

Young Palestinian engineer, Muslim Abd al-Latif al-Barghouthi, has cracked into new scientific dimensions by inventing a robot that could clean solar panel cells without the need for any form of human intervention.

Al-Barghouthi, who is a former student at Palestine’s Birzeit University told The New Arab that he graduated last week and completed his degree over the course of seven years.

He was delayed in graduating because he was arrested three times by the Israeli forces.

He believe his invention has great potential but it also needs to be developed further.

“My product needs to be supported and developed further. This is more than a display of an innovation in the academic field and indeed has commercial potential”, he said.

He has called on the scientific community to embrace his robot as a product that will soon be in demand because of the steady increase in the use of solar panels .

One of the biggest problems current users of solar panels face their inability to clean them properly. ( Unlike Sunjack Lightstick which is really easy to clean ) Dust accumulation is one of the main reasons behind the deterioration of solar panels over time, because the presence of dust hinders light from entering the cells and generating electricity.

Palestinians have a reputation for their innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives.

Having to face challenges of occupation and besiegement, Palestinians resort to innovation to supplement their basic life necessities.

High unemployment in the West Bank has also led to Palestinians utilizing their imagination for entrepreneurial purposes.

Digital Summit Phoenix – Supercharge Your Content with Influencer Marketing

Digital Summit Phoenix – Supercharge Your Content with Influencer Marketing

Let’s just get this first bit out there: Later this month I will be the closing keynote at a conference where Beverly Jackson from MGM is the opening keynote. BAM! Seriously, Beverly is the epitome of “supercharged” and is a can’t miss speaker.

On top of that, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will be keynoting as well.

I feel pretty lucky. In fact, I feel supercharged! Maybe after reading this post, you will too.



Of course I’m talking about Digital Summit Phoenix, February 22-23. This is my first time speaking at Digital Summit and I’m really looking forward to it for a few reasons:

Guest Post: Why the watch industry finds the future in its past...

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from this year’s Baselworld fair, it’s that the appetite among enthusiasts for vintage-looking timepieces and reissued icons is very much driving the watch industry forward…

We all knew Omega had something special up its sleeve for this, the 60th anniversary of the Speedmaster, Seamaster, and Railmaster. But rather than reinterpret the timeless trilogy, it’s taken more of a ‘if it ain’t broke’ approach and revealed three desperately charming re-editions, near identical in shape and size to the original 1957 models but utilising up-to-date movements beneath the dials. Each piece will be limited to 3,557 examples, with 557 vintage-style presentation boxes reserved for those who would like all three watches, priced at 20,000CHF each. Is it quicker to text Santa or email him?

When Omega launched the Seamaster in 1957, it wasn’t the best diver’s watch you could buy — that mantle went to the Rolex Sea-Dweller, which was also introduced in the same year. For the 60th anniversary of the model, Rolex has revealed a new version, featuring, for the first time, a Cyclops above the date window, like that found on the Submariner. While the watch can be worn to a depth of 1,220 metres, we’re fairly certain that vintage watch enthusiasts will be happier about the return of the red ‘Sea-Dweller’ script on the dial. It’s the small things in life… 

Tudor Heritage Black Bay Steel

Rejoice! The Tudor Black Bay finally has a date window…well, if you are looking for pre owned Tudor watches, the new steel-bezel version does, at least. The Black Bay has proved a favourite among enthusiasts for its retro-modern aesthetics, melding design cues from Rolex’s sister brand’s fabulous back-catalogue. And while we don’t necessarily think the Black Bay Steel needed a date window, we know there are lots of people out there who do. 

Influence 2.0 – The Future of Influencer Marketing Research Report 2017

Influence 2.0 – The Future of Influencer Marketing Research Report 2017

What does “influencer marketing” mean to you?

Are you thinking of celebrities posting product photos to Instagram? Or having a famous YouTuber run a contest for a meet and greet at an event? Why not send products to bloggers in the hopes that they’ll do a review and say nice things?

Surely that’s not all enterprise marketers think of when it comes to the possible outcomes with influencer relationships.

The promise of brands collaborating or outright paying influential individuals to create content that lifts the brand’s credibility and reach to sell more products is something that companies of all sizes have been hot on – especially in the past 12 months.

With a groundswell of interest, there are many divergent interpretations of what influencer marketing really means.