What is Energas & AES doing in the Dominican Republic?

Energas and AES shared a commitment to transitioning the Dominican Republic away from conventional generation and toward a greener energy mix through natural gas.

What is the Dominican Republic's Energy Roadmap?

This roadmap was developed in close co-operation with the National Energy Commission (Comisión Nacional de Energía or CNE). It quantifies what can realistically be achieved by 2030 in the Dominican Republic’s total energy system in terms of renewable energy technology potential, cost and savings.

How much electricity will the Dominican Republic generate by 2030?

Data provided by CNE and IRENA estimates show that the Dominican Republic could generate 16 TWh of electricity from renewables by 2030. This would be produced from a renewable power generation capacity of 6 GW (from a total installed capacity of 10 GW, including non-renewable technologies).

What are the issues affecting the energy sector in the Dominican Republic?

The issues of grid capacity and storage, in particular, are curbing expansion at normative and technological level. The Dominican Government continues to expand renewable energy, electromobility and energy storage technologies and is reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

Does the Dominican Republic need a natural gas infrastructure solution?

However, the Eastern region of the country where Energas’ facility is located lacked existing natural gas networks or pipelines to transport natural gas. The Dominican Republic needed a holistic infrastructure solution to strategically shift from conventional generation to natural gas.

Does the Dominican Republic rely on fossil fuels?

The country relies heavily on fossil fuel imports, which account for nearly all of its primary energy supply at present. The Dominican Republic has set ambitious targets to reduce its per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.