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Estrella de Mar Plant
The spokesman and director of Strategy and Communication of the Presidency, Homero Figueroa, expressed With the entry into commercial operation of the Estrella del Mar III floating plant and the contribution of another 515 megabytes, the national electricity system is ready. back to normal.
In addition to the Estrella del Mar III plant, 100 MW from Falcondo, 100 MW from Barrick, 50 MW from Sultana del Este and the reintegration of the Haina TG plant with 85 MW entered the system; and also, the increase in the dispatch of hydroelectric generation by 200 MW.
Figueroa points out in a statement that the floating plant Estrella Del Mar III, with a total investment of about US$200 million dollars for its construction and installation, begins its commercial commissioning. It is a 146MW electric generation barge, exclusively using natural gas and with a configuration that includes two (2) 50MW gas turbines and a combined cycle, using a 46 MW steam turbine and that comes to be the most efficient and technically advanced power plant in the country.
It is also equipped with a battery system or BESS (its acronym in English that stands for Battery Energy Storage System)which provides us with a better option in terms of efficiency,lower O&M cost and environmental performance to provide safe base load power.
This is in addition to the 110 MW Estrella Del Mar II floating plant, installed 10 years ago , being a dual fuel plant (it operates with both natural gas and fuel-oil) with a configuration of 6 17 MW engines and a combined cycle of around 10 MW.
The set of both plants and the complementary infrastructure for their operation represent a total investment approaching US$350 million and offers a clear sign of confidence in the Dominican Republic .
Transcontinental Capital Corporation (Bermuda), Ltd. is a subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation,a Fortune 500 company that owns and operates several diversified businesses, including food processing, commodities, and shipping, operating for 32 years as an electric power generator in the Dominican Republic.
Figueroa recalled that President Abinader reported Last Thursday thatthe Dominican government has put out to tender two thousand megawatts to add them to the national energy system, that the generation capacity will take to about five thousand megawatts to reduce the deficit.
Armando Rodríguez, general manager of the company Seabord, indicated that that “concluding any project of this magnitude represents an enormous challenge and, in this case, it has been even more so, since we have had to deal with all the difficulties that the COVID-19 has brought, however, we have overcome them. Likewise, since the new plant arrived It has been in the country for its installation for a year now. We faced great challenges and we have been able to overcome them thanks to the tremendous support received from President Luis Abinader and his administration.”
The Government is also committed to renewable energy< /strong>
The document indicates that the least expensive and efficient way for the country to solve the blackout problem and the fuel crisis in the international market is through the stimulation and promotion of the production of renewable energies.
In order to advance in the plan to ensure that 25% of the energy matrix is renewable energy, the authorities of the sector have inaugurated projects, approved and signed clean energy production contracts of over 600 MW.
The goal is to ensure that by early 2023 we achieve that renewable energy contributes 15% and that by the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025 we reach the goal of 25% clean energy.