Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic power grid may prioritize hydro over solar and wind

Dominican Republic power grid coordinator OC released a report with proposals to guarantee supply in the country’s four grid geographic areas in case of isolated operations due to atmospheric phenomena. OC recommends prioritizing dispatch from hydro plants due to their versatility and avoiding dispatch from solar and wind. Source

Dominican Republic installed solar capacity to double this year

This year, five solar parks for a combined 206MW are penciled in to begin operations in the Dominican Republic, joining the 163 MW of solar already online. The CNE (national energy commission) just granted provisional concessions for an additional 123 MW of solar energy projects. The developers have 18 months to conduct necessary studies and […]

Dominican Republic adds 25 MW solar onto the grid

The 25-MW first phase of the Solar Canoa photovoltaic (PV) farm in the Dominican Republic started operations on Friday, the office of the country’s president Danilo Medina announced. Local firm Potentia Renewables, through its Emerald Solar Energy subsidiary, invested about USD 45 million (EUR 40.5m) in the PV facility, according to the announcement on the president’s website. […]

Renewable energy makes economic sense for DR, says AES Dominica CEO

Natural gas development in the Dominican Republic gets a second take from AES Dominicana president Edwin De los Santos. While recent initiatives supported by international stakeholders would see natural gas development in the northwest region of the DR, De los Santos believes “it is not very strategic”. The United States and the Energy and Mines […]

Dominican Republic’s new wind farm is now operational

The office of the Dominican Republic’s President announced that the 34MW Matafongo wind farm is now operational and producing energy. The wind park has 17 turbines, and was developed by the Grupo Eolico Dominicano with support from the Spanish company Genera Avante. The Banco Popular Dominicano and Banco del Progreso provided the financing for the […]

Dominican Republic receives €5m in green loans

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €5m to two financial institutions in the Dominican Republic to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Banco de Ahorro y Credito Fondensa (Banfondensa) and Fondo para el Desarollo INC (Fondensa) will receive the loans to provide microfinance to small and medium businesses, and low and middle income […]

Island on the Rise: Why the Dominican Republic Energy Market is Booming

From our Editorial Team

The Dominican Republic is one of the Caribbean’s hottest clean energy markets. After years of slow growth, the utility-scale market is in an upswing, with successful financing and construction for a number of high profile wind and solar projects. The C&I market is taking off, too. The nationally mandated goal of 25% clean energy by […]

Dominican Republic to add solar PV for self-consumption on over 70 barracks

Dominican Republic’s National Commission for Energy and the Ministry for Defence have signed an agreement to add solar panels for energy self-consumption on over 70 military barracks and other military installations. The Director of the National Commission for Energy, Ángel Canó, said the military buildings will be “equipped with a photovoltaic system for the supply […]

Dominican Republic develops new sustainable tourism plan

The Dominican Republic has developed a new tourism plan in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme. The Roadmap for Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Accommodation in the Dominican Republic was launched in May in Punta Cana. After two years of research, data collection and analysis, the plan sets out goals and targets to measure and […]