SANTO DOMINGO. - The possibility to convert tons of garbage generated daily in Dominican cities into electrical energy is very possible.

The company, Taylor Biomass Energy is interested in investing up to 650,000.000.oo dollars, because it considers that the country’s electrical problem can be solved with the installation of generating units which burn fuel that is now in the garbage dumps.

The American company’s president, James Taylor explained that the objective is to be part of the solution in the middle of the power crisis the Dominican Republic suffers.

He indicated that ten different points were identified in the country where plants can be installed with a production capacity of 30 mega watts each.

Each power station can be installed at a 65 million dollars cost and would be ready to produce in a nine to 13 months term.

The company counts on many years of experience in the production of electricity in different United States cities, he assured.

Estimations indicate that by installing the ten generating units, the country could save up to 300 million dollars a year in fuel purchases and would solve the garbage problem.

Taylor explained that 75% of solid garbage is organic, 90% of which would be turned in to energy and 10% would be transformed into useful matter.