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SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Government discusses the project to lay an submerged cable from Colombia with its the new Puerto Rico par, which would supply 500 meagwatts of electricity each of the two Caribbean nations.

The memo signed by the Dominican, Puerto Rico and Colombian authorities for the cable project, still in the study phase, establishes a confidentiality, although the companies behind it are private.

Dominican ambassador in Colombia Angel Lockward said the technical studies are advanced, and that the authorities will meet soon to examine the work’s progress. "President Uribe has stated his interest in the project and the same for president Fernandez, but it was necessary, as has already taken place, that their government assumed the control, and for Puerto Rico’s new authorities to review project."

SOURCE: diariolibre.com

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15 comment(s)
Written by: FredCDobbs This user is banned, 1 Jun 2009 1:14 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
lets get it on ! who wants to be beholden to nutty hugo
Written by: xwill7, 1 Jun 2009 2:45 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
DR will some how still manage to have black outs even on this new line
Written by: josean, 1 Jun 2009 2:59 PM
From: United States
The new PR governor will never approve this! So pardon the pun: this is dead in the water!
Written by: Juango, 1 Jun 2009 3:51 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
This will not happen in our lifetime. Need more advanced technology in materials, superconductors. Present technology is somewhat limited in long distance sub-sea electricl transmissons. Plus, why rely on another country, Colombia, as you largest single soure of electrical power. Seem to me, too many eggs in one basket. Will DR again have the longest underwater electrical transmission cable? Much like the world's largest Solar Power Plant? Seems to me, too grand ideas, for a Banana Republic.
Written by: guillermone, 1 Jun 2009 9:58 PM
From: United States
Don't like it one bit. Are these guys for real? Come on, a perfect example of mental masturbation. An under water electric cable, running thousands of miles deep down the ocean floors? Sounds too fishy to me. Just like the Sto Dgo metro, a gran project too big for a small and poor country to even contemplate. It just really seems like another scheme to fill the pockets of elected officials. So many other better options, more practical renewable energy sources and alternatives that are probably available at a lower cost with minimal initial investment. We need a Dominican "think tank" to just concentrate on solving the energy issue once and for all. They should get the colleges and universities involve and let the gov't step aside, depoliticize the whole process. Let private industry participate and hopefully we can wipe out this problem for good.
Written by: BASTA, 2 Jun 2009 7:07 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Problem solved= get rid of Fuynendez
Written by: TonyTunTun, 2 Jun 2009 12:00 PM
From: United States
The lovely DR needs nuclear power in order to grow then dispose of the waste in Los Haitises...problem solved.
Written by: Bailarin This user is banned, 2 Jun 2009 3:00 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Let the Obama puppet install a few of those off shore wind mills and the problem will blow over .
Written by: Bailarin This user is banned, 2 Jun 2009 3:00 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Let the Obama puppet install a few of those off shore wind mills and the problem will blow over .
Written by: PuntaCanaMike, 2 Jun 2009 5:25 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Would be great to tether the Columbian submarines carrying freight to the DR.
Written by: Skiller55, 2 Jun 2009 8:40 PM
From: United States
Josean, why is you saying the PR governor will not approve of this?
Written by: josean, 3 Jun 2009 11:14 AM
From: United States
The PR governor is Republican and a statehooder. He would not do any thing that has even a whiff of independent economic action that could be interpreted as PR establishing any semblance of sovereignty from the US.
Written by: xwill7, 3 Jun 2009 11:56 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
jose,
thru... PR will always keep on riding on the US boat
Written by: Skiller55, 3 Jun 2009 1:51 PM
From: United States
Tienes la razon, gracias por responder.
Written by: MrThelmoAlmeydaRancier, 14 Jun 2009 11:18 PM
From: United States, NJ
How in the world are you going to transmit 345,000 volts or 345kv under water without a grounding devise ,and no I x R lost ?This is beyond me.. How about the maintanace of those H/T
cables? Salt is one of the biggest creator of electrolysis,so you are going to have bigger black outs than you have now and no one to blame for but yourselves. No dependace on any nation to provide power to your country if you want to remain free.Tell me how are you going to splice them cables under neath the water? These people did not go to school at all, have no common sence, want to be the biggest crooks in the world or are taking the DR people for idiots. All these particulars are taught in elementary fisics in any "bachillerato"!!!
What the hell are the DR so call electrical engineers doing that don't answer these particulars?
You notice the DR gvt only deals with other 3rd world country where they could split the kick back.
Namely Brazil,Colombia & Haiti. Why dont be serious about it? USA,Fr.
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