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Why Bana Grass is the better choice for Carbon Credits?

Why Bana Grass is the better choice for Carbon Credits?

What is Carbon Credit? A carbon credit (often called a carbon offset) is a credit for greenhouse emissions reduced or removed from the atmosphere by an emission reduction project, which can be used by governments, industry, or private individuals to compensate for the...

Ground Breaking Ceremony – Ayungon Bana Charcoal Facility

Ground Breaking Ceremony – Ayungon Bana Charcoal Facility

Ground Breaking Ceremony - Ayungon Bana Charcoal Facility Bana Grass is a sustainable crop that we can use as an alternative fuel like charcoal. Hence the LGU of Ayungon has been chosen for the first Bana Charcoal Facility in the Philippines.

Private, Public Partnership MOU signing with Bataan Government

Private, Public Partnership MOU signing with Bataan Government

A Private and Public Partnership has been signed last January 20, 2023 in the Bunker of Bataan.  Present in the signing are Hon. Governor Joet Garcia, Joan Van Kessel, Vice Chairman, James Mackay, Chairman, and Mr. Mark Lico, CEO.  This MOU represents...

DOST Region VI and VKMGE for Charcoal Briquetting

DOST Region VI and VKMGE for Charcoal Briquetting

DOST REGION VI with VAN KESSEL MACKAY GREEN ENERGY for CHARCOAL BRIQUETTING The DOST Region VI invited the Van Kessel Mackay Green Energy to bring the Charcoal briquetting knowledge to the two barangays of Aklan. The Tangalan, Aklan and Brgy. Motag in Malay...

Alternative Energy for a Climate Challenged Philippines

Alternative Energy for a Climate Challenged Philippines

Alternative Energy for a Climate Challenged Philippines Renewable energy (RE) sources like wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear power are all very important resources for the Philippines. But why stop at reducing carbon footprint, when you can have an energy source that...

The Ground becomes a Basketball Court

The Ground becomes a Basketball Court

The To-oy Basketball Court Last year 2021, Mr. James Mackay, the Chairman of Mackay Green Energy, with his generous heart, donated a 448 square meters at Sitio Ilahud, Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan City. The said donation was given to the barangay to be used as a...

The 4th Negros Oriental, Renewable Energy Day

The 4th Negros Oriental, Renewable Energy Day

Negros Oriental Renewable Energy Day The 4th Negros Oriental Renewable Energy Day Celebration and Ceremonial signing of the first ever Renewable Energy Ordinance in the Municipality of Amlan at Robinsons Place Dumaguete spearheaded by the Provincial Government of...

GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY

GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY

MACKAY GREEN ENERGY HOLDS GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR NEW MULTI-PURPOSE BASKETBALL COURT PAVEMENT IN HIMAMAYLAN CITY Written by: Raffy C. Alayon Photos By: Kyl Serfino   Launched in 2010, Mackay Green Energy Inc. (MGE) focuses on the development of various...

Biomass Project in Himamaylan: The First in Negros

Biomass Project in Himamaylan: The First in Negros

Biomass Project in Himamaylan: The First in Negros  By: Raffy Cayao Alayon   Located in the center-most cove on the coastline of Negros Island and with Negros being central to Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao, Himamaylan City is conducive to operations reaching...

The modernist vanguard for change in Himamaylan

The modernist vanguard for change in Himamaylan

DO YOU THINK WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH? MACKAY IS OUT THERE SAVING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND GIVING PEOPLE MORE JOBS.   By: Ashley June Miguel Gomez   Over the years, several agricultural changes have occurred in our history. The needs of the growing human population...

Green Charcoal by Daily Tribune

Green Charcoal by Daily Tribune

GREEN CHARCOAL by Gilbert Kim Sancha At the eighth edition of the Pandawan Festival held in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, the lure of grilled fishes like tilapia, burasi and hito was outshone by something called “bana.” Back in 2012, Mackay Green Energy (MGE) acquired the...

The Greatness of Green

The Greatness of Green

Joan Van Kessel Vice Chairman and Board Member , MacKay Green Energy Inc.   “It’s important for the Philippines to be [more selfsufficient]. We aim not only to be self-sufficient, but [also to be able, in due time,] to export energy to the world. And not just...

Automated Charcoal Facility in Amlan, Negros Oriental

Automated Charcoal Facility in Amlan, Negros Oriental

Amlan, the smoke-free Municipality of Negros Oriental, is one of the many homes of Mackay Group of Companies. We are foreseeing to expand from manual to automated production, manufacturing 1 tonne to 36 Tonnes per day of Mackay Bana Charcoal, the Smokeless, Odourless...

Odorless grilling? Possible!

Odorless grilling? Possible!

Odorless grilling? Possible! All Filipinos love to eat and definitely, there is no better time for food other than Christmas. With all our family and friends together, it’s a perfect bonding experience to cook and try out new recipes to serve for reunions, Christmas...

The Future of Green Energy

The Future of Green Energy

Bana Grass: The Future of Green Energy Nowadays, people live in a world where everything moves fast. We use machinery, technologies, and electricity in almost everything that we do. Hence, it is safe to say that the main capital of this generation is energy. Energy is...

Green Charcoal

Green Charcoal

“The Bana grass briquette is a most welcome development as the use of eco-friendly charcoal can help relieve pressure on the country’s mangroves. During the past decade, the heavy dependence on wood charcoal by lechon businesses all over the country has been blamed...

BIOMASS – Philippines’ demand for Biomass

BIOMASS – Philippines’ demand for Biomass

Biomass and other clean and renewable energy (RE) sources, like geothermal, hydro, wind and solar, are among the country’s few competitive advantages since it has no significant deposits of fossil fuels. However, its continued dependence on imported fuel has made electricity rates in the Philippines among the highest in Asia.

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