The Philippines' Department of Energy (DOE) plans to auction an additional 25 GW of renewable energy capacity under its Green Energy Auction (GEA) program by 2035 (Manila Bulletin, 13/02/2026).
Launched in 2022, the GEA is a competitive bidding program targeting private investors. The most recent completed round, GEA-4, awarded 10.2 GW of renewables (including solar, wind, and storage) in November 2025, including over 4.1 GW of ground-mounted solar, 2.3 GW of floating solar, and 2.2 GW of onshore wind. GEA-5, focused on offshore wind, opened the same month.
The four upcoming auctions from GEA-6 to GEA-9 are scheduled for 2026 and 2027:
- GEA-6 in the first quarter of 2026 will target floating solar and floating wind
- GEA-7 in 2026 will focus on rooftop solar, plus solar-plus-storage
- GEA-8 in late 2026 or early 2027 will cover specialized solar technologies like canal-top, agrisolar, and elevated over fishponds
- GEA-9 in 2027 will include solar, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, and onshore wind.
The Philippines targets 35% renewables in its power generation mix by 2030 and 50% by 2040. Renewables currently account for 21% (-5 points since 2010): hydro 9% (-3 pp), geothermal 8% (-6 pp), wind/solar 4% (+4 pp), biomass 1% (+1 pp) (Enerdata Global Energy Research).