Santo Domingo.- The State-owned Power Companies (CDEEE) signed the first contract to buy wind energy from a company which will enter the Interconnected Electrical System (Seni) within 18 months, and which until now handles only conventional energy.
Upon signing the contract with the Grupo Eolico Dominicano, represented by Wilfredo González, the CEO of the CDEEE called the incorporation of renewable energy in the country’s electrical system “historical.”
Celso Marranzini said wind mills will produce 34 megawatts, to be bought by the CDEEE based on the price formula stipulated in Law 57-07 on Incentive to the Development of Renewable Energy Sources and Special Regimes. “This is an example that foreign as well as national investment has all the necessary guarantees in the country.”
González said the company he represents plans to make new investments to produce renewable energy in the country.
In February 2009 president Leonel Fernandez broke ground for the Group’s project, by the Spanish company Inveravante, which invests 132 million euros in facilities in southern Peravia and northwestern Montecristi provinces, to produce 50 megawatts.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Cost effective?????.........or free money for LF
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
There really has to be a better way to generate electricity than to place these very ugly windmills around the island ..I hope they are in an isolated position but elsewhere in the world they have been on exposed hill tops and are a total eye sore ...does any one know the efficiency of these machines as compared to solar panels on the roof
Written by: pelaut, 5 Jul 2010 8:20 AM
From: United States
10% here, 10% there, here a 10%, there a 10%, here and there and everywhere a 10% . . .
Anyway, they're very isolated from the easterly trade winds. Monte Cristi is in the shadow of the whole island.
Written by: BASTA, 5 Jul 2010 8:49 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Celso Marranzini = shoot youself - no lights for 2 days - what a wonderful job you are doing like your boss all bullshit!
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They better guard these mills, otherwise they'll be stolen and sold for scrap metal, a lot of ignorant-hungry people here.
Written by: ateo2010, 5 Jul 2010 9:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
great, this project will take us a step further into the renewable energy world
Written by: juanb, 5 Jul 2010 10:25 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Littledick is right
I, too, would much rather see enormous factories, that are constantly "offline for repair", belching out their putrid black smoke, than see a few windmills on a distant hilltop.
From: United States
Ricardolito, If done correctly, imo, they look fine. The DR has to get away from oil, before it goes back to $200 a barrel.
Their efficiencies are greater than the best solar cell/panel. I'd still like to see solar panels on everyone's roof.
Siemens created a Turbine that uses no gears. Much more maintenance free.
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/04/....rovide-greater-output-efficiency/From: Germany, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz
That is great for starter, we go step by step, in the meanwhile we will be leading in Alternative Energy.
As Dominicans we are very concerned about our environment, I wish we keep taking further initiatives for the love of our Natural Resources and better Quality of Life.
Great point: @Gmiller261 !!! Thx.
Written by: ateo2010, 5 Jul 2010 11:08 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
amazing thnx for the source gmiller...
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
ok I was asking about the efficiencies and gmillar assures us that solar is less efficient ( thank you) and I would not like to see a nuclear plant here ,..of course if there were only a few as juanb suggests they would be useless,,but if you could see how horrible these wind machines are in the UK and how little they contribute to the electricity needs of the UK , you would also have some reservations ,,as I said there are places where they can be placed with minimum visual pollution .
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
yes gmiller,,I totally agree that we need to move from oil or from coal and that hydro power may not be possible on this island in sufficient quantity ,,so that only leaves solar ,wind or nuclear as alternatives ,,I do not think that some people understand here that it will require many thousands of windmills to supply electricity to just a small percentage of the island and that many countries have conducted research for many years into the alternatives and have come up with the view that it is best to give financial subsidies to households that erect solar panels and (who also have water tanks) that the windmills are only one of a range of power alternatives .
Written by: ateo2010, 5 Jul 2010 12:55 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
Ricardolito, I think a nuclear plant isn't a really good idea, not only because of how long it takes to build a single one, but also the coasts to build one, maintenance and don't forget nuclear waist management. We gotta start with the basics solar and wind and then we can talk about nuclear. But never forgot how dangerous is a nuclear disaster it could wipe out the population of the island and make it like some sort of a ghost town.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
yes ,,I do not advocate nuclear power here
Written by: ElProfe 
, 5 Jul 2010 2:38 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Jarabacoa
DONT BE SILENT
"They better guard these mills; otherwise they'll be stolen and sold for scrap metal, a lot of ignorant-hungry people here."
That is the first thing that came to mind when I was reading the article.
I think this is a good start and they don't really look that bad. I guess they could paint them up to look like palm trees.
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Anyway, they're very isolated from the easterly trade winds. Monte Cristi is in the shadow of the whole island.
I, too, would much rather see enormous factories, that are constantly "offline for repair", belching out their putrid black smoke, than see a few windmills on a distant hilltop.
Their efficiencies are greater than the best solar cell/panel. I'd still like to see solar panels on everyone's roof.
Siemens created a Turbine that uses no gears. Much more maintenance free.
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/04/....rovide-greater-output-efficiency/
As Dominicans we are very concerned about our environment, I wish we keep taking further initiatives for the love of our Natural Resources and better Quality of Life.
Great point: @Gmiller261 !!! Thx.
DONT BE SILENT
"They better guard these mills; otherwise they'll be stolen and sold for scrap metal, a lot of ignorant-hungry people here."
That is the first thing that came to mind when I was reading the article.
I think this is a good start and they don't really look that bad. I guess they could paint them up to look like palm trees.