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01-03-2012, 11:30 AM
The executive vice president of the Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) Celso Marrranzini says that 505 megawatts will be added to the electrical system next year. This is a record for recent years. In an interview with Hoy, he said that the Palomino hydroelectric would begin operating in June with 98 megawatts. The Seaboard power plant will produce 108 megawatts and will run on natural gas. Likewise, the San Lorenzo power plant will enter the system in February or March generating 34 megawatts. He said that the Barrick Gold power plant would enter into operation in December, with a capacity to generate 300 megawatts.
In an interview with Hoy, Marranzini said that at present 27% of power is generated using natural gas, 17% coal, 13% hydroelectric and 33% is petrol-based. Marranzini announced that a tender would be held on 20 January 2012 for the installation of an additional 1,500 megawatts to start replacing obsolete power plants, to move from petrol-based plants to gas or coal-fired plants. The new plants will be installed using the build-own-operate scheme so as that the investors will be solely responsible for the development, construction financing and operation of the plants. The contracts will then be signed in July. He said that contracts will be for 15 years and will enter into operation in August 2016, which is when the contracts signed for the 1999 power capitalization by the state expire.
Marranzini said that power consumption in the country is at more than 2,000 megawatts, with installed capacity of 3,000 megawatts, which he said gives little reserve margin. He said time for installation of a power plant is approximately 40 months.
Marranzini said that as of 31 January 2012, there were 2,150,000 clients in the CDEEE system, of which one million receive 24 hours of power. He said that next year, they expect to add 300,000 customers to the 24-hour scheme.
"The idea is that by 2014 we may have 1.8 million clients on the 24-hour scheme, of a total of 2.5 million-2.7 million clients," Marranzini told Hoy.
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In an interview with Hoy, Marranzini said that at present 27% of power is generated using natural gas, 17% coal, 13% hydroelectric and 33% is petrol-based. Marranzini announced that a tender would be held on 20 January 2012 for the installation of an additional 1,500 megawatts to start replacing obsolete power plants, to move from petrol-based plants to gas or coal-fired plants. The new plants will be installed using the build-own-operate scheme so as that the investors will be solely responsible for the development, construction financing and operation of the plants. The contracts will then be signed in July. He said that contracts will be for 15 years and will enter into operation in August 2016, which is when the contracts signed for the 1999 power capitalization by the state expire.
Marranzini said that power consumption in the country is at more than 2,000 megawatts, with installed capacity of 3,000 megawatts, which he said gives little reserve margin. He said time for installation of a power plant is approximately 40 months.
Marranzini said that as of 31 January 2012, there were 2,150,000 clients in the CDEEE system, of which one million receive 24 hours of power. He said that next year, they expect to add 300,000 customers to the 24-hour scheme.
"The idea is that by 2014 we may have 1.8 million clients on the 24-hour scheme, of a total of 2.5 million-2.7 million clients," Marranzini told Hoy.
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