Winners announced of plant tender in Manzanillo, "cheaper and with more energy than Punta Catalina"

This CNE release was published using machine translation.

The Haina Investmet Corporation and Manzanillo Energy consortia were the winners of the tender for the construction of a terminal and two natural gas plants located in Manzanillo, province of Montecristi, which will contribute 800 megawatts.

Both plants will create 700 jobs during construction and will have an investment of 1.7 billion dollars, a figure that, according to President Luis Abinader , is lower and cheaper energy than that of Punta Catalina .

Haina Investmet Corporation won the auction for the construction of Block 1, made up of a 400-megawatt plant and a gas terminal. The price given was 8.84 cents per kilowatt hour.

While the Manzanillo Energy Consortium won the tender for Block 2, composed for a single plant, whose price is 5.82 cents per kilowatt hour.

A third consortium submitted its offer, but did not qualify. In total, 16 consortiums submitted technical offers, but of those, three offered economic offers.

The results of the tender, which began in May 2021 and was monitored by technical advisors, international firms, committees and university rectors, were presented during a press conference led by President Abinader, Antonio Almonte, Minister of Energy and Mines; EDE executives and others involved.

The plants must be started in six months after the signing of the contracts, they will be completed in 42 months. They will be made up of modern turbines, which, in addition to working with natural gas, could do so with liquid hydrogen, according to the Government.

Abinader: DR, at the level of developed countries

In general, the Government plans to generate two thousand megawatts from 2022 to 2026, enough to cover the deficit and have a reserve of 15%, similar to developed countries, said President Abinader.

"Manzanillo will be a gas terminal and with a much lower investment than the more than three billion consumed in Punta Catalina by a smaller plant and on account of the nation's budget and debts" Luis Abinader President of the Republic The head of state expressed that Three electric highways are built: one of 345 kilowatts, from Manzanillo to Guayubín and from Guayubín to El Naranjo, Santiago.

Similarly, the tender for the construction of the 345 KV line from San Pedro Macorís to Guerra is in process and the tender for the construction of the 345 KV line from Punta Catalina to kilometer 15 of Azua will be launched soon.

The government official specified that the purpose is for the national electrical system to have sufficient capacity to discharge and transport all the energy that will be produced by the aforementioned plants and energy projects.