Dominican Republic greenlights 67.7-MW solar project with storage

The Dominican Republic’s national energy commission (CNE) has signed a definitive concession for the project called Photovoltaic Installation Santa Clara Energy Group, which aims to install 67.7 MW/84 MWp of solar capacity and an energy storage facility.

The CNE this week announced the signing of the document with the concessionaire, Santa Clara Energy Group SRL, to advance the project.

The definitive concession is awarded for a period of 25 years.

The Santa Clara solar farm will be located in Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Pedro Brand in Santo Domingo province. It will be co-located with an energy storage system of 20.03 MW and 80.12 MWh, to improve the stability and reliability of the power supply in the region.

Construction of the first battery energy storage system in the Caribbean country began at the end of 2023.

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