Dominican US$2.2B Coal Power Plant Will be Delivered to Government on Thurs. Feb. 20

The Punta Catalina Power Plant (CTPC) will be delivered to the Government on Thurs. Feb. 20, according to official information.

The Presidency’s Press Office works to register the journalists who will cover the event, to be headed by President Danilo Medina.

Since last year, Plant 1 of the coal-fired generator, built by the Odebrecht-Tecnimont-Estrella consortium, is in operation.

Punta Catalina was built with a contractual investment of US$1.9 billion, and a contingency fund of US$336 million.

The Punta Catalina power plant supplies an average 23 percent of the daily energy demand of 2,284 megawatts hours, which has displaced eight generation plants that are less profitable for the State, which are reserved for the sector.

The accumulated generation of Punta Catalina is 1.7 million megawatt-hour at a marginal cost of 12.1 mwh, according to statistics from the Coordinating Body of the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI).

Energy expert José Luis Moreno San Juan said the plants that remain outside the system or in cold reserve are eight generation plants with a potential of 636.6 megawatt hours.

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