A new technology that produces lactic acid using a low-cost, newly-found raw material that is abundant in Davao bagged the top prize in the recently concluded competitions in research and development conducted by the Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
The 26th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) features technologies developed for the industry and energy sectors by researchers from the private, academe and other government agencies. The PCIERD has at its theme “Science @ Work: Interventions thru Industry and Energy Technologies”
Nine (9) winners in the regional level had been chosen in the industry and energy competitions conducted by the Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD). They will vie in the national level to be held on March 14, 2008 as part of the celebration of the 26th anniversary of PCIERD at the Dusit Hotel Nikko.
The Italian Government through the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Italian Embassy and the Philippine Government through the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have finally set the flow for the technology demonstration of the Italian Kobold Turbine for Marine Current Power Generation in the Philippines.