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01-28-2010, 02:40 PM
Celso Marranzini, head of the state electricity corporation (CDEEE), has announced that the government has rehabilitated the Lopez Angostura Dam, which was out of service for 6 months. This will enable the dam to provide 12 megawatts initially and 18 megawatts eventually to the national electricity grid. Marranzini said that the dam was repaired at a cost of RD$125,000, when the original budget that had been submitted was for RD$5 million.
He also announced the resumption of construction of the highway to the Jiguey-Aguacate hydroelectric dam in San Cristobal province. The 11km road from La Colonia to Jiguey-Aguacate was severely damaged during tropical storms Noel and Olga in 2007. Marranzini said that construction works would be completed in 6 to 8 months at a cost of RD$58 million.
The Jiguey-Aguacate dam has two 49-megawatt generators, but one is operating well below capacity and the other is out of service. The dam was unreachable by road. Access had been limited to traveling on donkeys or by helicopter. The hydroelectric division at the CDEEE has been under a new director, Victor Ventura, since Marranzini's takeover of the CDEEE in August 2009.
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He also announced the resumption of construction of the highway to the Jiguey-Aguacate hydroelectric dam in San Cristobal province. The 11km road from La Colonia to Jiguey-Aguacate was severely damaged during tropical storms Noel and Olga in 2007. Marranzini said that construction works would be completed in 6 to 8 months at a cost of RD$58 million.
The Jiguey-Aguacate dam has two 49-megawatt generators, but one is operating well below capacity and the other is out of service. The dam was unreachable by road. Access had been limited to traveling on donkeys or by helicopter. The hydroelectric division at the CDEEE has been under a new director, Victor Ventura, since Marranzini's takeover of the CDEEE in August 2009.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)