NewsWhore
11-19-2009, 05:20 PM
In an interview with this week's Clave newspaper, Celso Marranzini, vice president of the State-owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE) gave details of measures being taken to improve power service before the end of the present Fernandez term.
He announced that investors from Abu Dhabi would be installing three 200-megawatt natural gas power plants in Manzanillo in the northwest, chiefly to supply power to the north coast. This is in addition to the natural gas terminal investment they will also be making here. He said there is an agreement, but it still lacks a legal agreement that is satisfactory to both governments.
Furthermore, he said that the transmission lines needed to be included in the project. The general idea is for the government to own 30% of the investment, and the Abu Dhabi investors the remaining 70%. He said this is similar to the state participation in Itabo and Haina power plants.
Marranzini is optimistic that in there will be 400 megawatts on line eight months time. This would come from 100 megawatts of AES Andres, Los Mina that will be online, 60 megawatts of the Pimentel power plant, 30 megawatts of wind energy and 130 that are going up for tender. He said that the San Felipe plant would make available 185 megawatts (former Smith Enron in Puerto Plata).
He said that 2,963 megawatts are installed, but maximum availability is closer to 1,000 megawatts with demand at 2,000 megawatts at peak hours.
He spoke positively about the agreement with Kepco of South Korea. "We signed a memorandum of understanding with them to receive support in all areas," he said. He added that KEPCO has 76,000 megawatts installed and 18 million clients, with losses of only 3.97%. In the DR, losses are 40% and the installed capacity is less than 3,000 megawatts.
"Efficient and low priced power generation takes 2 or 3 years to be installed, after the contracts are signed. I am explaining this so that people don't start asking for what I can't deliver. We are not magicians."
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He announced that investors from Abu Dhabi would be installing three 200-megawatt natural gas power plants in Manzanillo in the northwest, chiefly to supply power to the north coast. This is in addition to the natural gas terminal investment they will also be making here. He said there is an agreement, but it still lacks a legal agreement that is satisfactory to both governments.
Furthermore, he said that the transmission lines needed to be included in the project. The general idea is for the government to own 30% of the investment, and the Abu Dhabi investors the remaining 70%. He said this is similar to the state participation in Itabo and Haina power plants.
Marranzini is optimistic that in there will be 400 megawatts on line eight months time. This would come from 100 megawatts of AES Andres, Los Mina that will be online, 60 megawatts of the Pimentel power plant, 30 megawatts of wind energy and 130 that are going up for tender. He said that the San Felipe plant would make available 185 megawatts (former Smith Enron in Puerto Plata).
He said that 2,963 megawatts are installed, but maximum availability is closer to 1,000 megawatts with demand at 2,000 megawatts at peak hours.
He spoke positively about the agreement with Kepco of South Korea. "We signed a memorandum of understanding with them to receive support in all areas," he said. He added that KEPCO has 76,000 megawatts installed and 18 million clients, with losses of only 3.97%. In the DR, losses are 40% and the installed capacity is less than 3,000 megawatts.
"Efficient and low priced power generation takes 2 or 3 years to be installed, after the contracts are signed. I am explaining this so that people don't start asking for what I can't deliver. We are not magicians."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)