
Fossil fuels - including oil, natural gas, and coal - supply most of the Dominican Republic's energy, supplemented by smaller amounts of renewables, including hydro, wind, solar and biofuels. The DR depends on oil for electricity generation more than any other country in Latin America and the Caribbean; as of 2017, 52%. . The Dominican Republic's Nationally Determined Contribution (2020 revision) calls for a 27% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. . As of 2020, 19.91% of employed Dominicans worked in the industrial sector; more specifically, extractive industries in the Dominican Republic employed 9,983 persons. [pdf]
This page is part of Global Energy Monitor 's Latin America Energy Portal. Fossil fuels - including oil, natural gas, and coal - supply most of the Dominican Republic's energy, supplemented by smaller amounts of renewables, including hydro, wind, solar and biofuels.
The country aims to produce 25% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025. The Dominican Republic's Nationally Determined Contribution (2020 revision) calls for a 27% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 relative to business as usual, up from 25% in the country's original NDC.
New techniques and technologies will be needed to decarbonise these areas. Dominican Republic has adopted a law on incentives for the development of renewable energy sources, which aims to increase the diversity of energy sources, reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels and stimulate investment in renewable energy.
This roadmap was developed in close co-operation with the National Energy Commission (Comisión Nacional de Energía or CNE). It quantifies what can realistically be achieved by 2030 in the Dominican Republic’s total energy system in terms of renewable energy technology potential, cost and savings.
The short-term variability and geographic diversity of the wind resource will need to be studied before implementation of projects. The Dominican Republic has created a framework for integrating solar and wind resources in its grid that can drive renewable energy adop-tion for years to come.
High solar potential, along with integrating efficiencies and economies of scale, can make solar energy a viable resource for the Dominican Republic. Similarly, wind energy has strong potential, particularly in the southwest.

Despite the present administration’s efforts to increase the installed capacity of electricity generation from renewable sources, the electric power sector continues to be one of the most significant problems affecting the Dominican economy. Although the DR continues to experience electrical outages that can last from. . Several laws comprise the legal framework for renewable energy projects in the Dominican Republic. These include the following: 1. General Electricity Law 125-01This link will direct. . The Renewable Energy Incentives Law (57-07) grants several incentives to businesses developing renewable energy technologies. This law. [pdf]
The issues of grid capacity and storage, in particular, are curbing expansion at normative and technological level. The Dominican Government continues to expand renewable energy, electromobility and energy storage technologies and is reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
Energas and AES shared a commitment to transitioning the Dominican Republic away from conventional generation and toward a greener energy mix through natural gas.
Despite the present administration’s efforts to increase the installed capacity of electricity generation from renewable sources, the electric power sector continues to be one of the most significant problems affecting the Dominican economy.
However, the Eastern region of the country where Energas’ facility is located lacked existing natural gas networks or pipelines to transport natural gas. The Dominican Republic needed a holistic infrastructure solution to strategically shift from conventional generation to natural gas.
The Dominican Republic is one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America. This is also apparent in the expansion of renewable energy. Its share of power generation has more than tripled since 2017.
Through AES Dominicana, we introduced natural gas into the country over 20 years ago, saving our customers over half a billion dollars and avoiding four million tons of CO2 emissions every year. However, the Eastern region of the country where Energas’ facility is located lacked existing natural gas networks or pipelines to transport natural gas.

EcoStar Energy, an American IPP, is developing BBPS in the town of Boundiali, in northwestern Ivory Coast. The design calls for generation capacity of 25 megawatts, to be sold directly to Ivorian electricity utility company, for integrations into the national grid. The power station will burn agricultural waste from growing , sourced from local Ivorian farmers, to heat water and produce steam. The steam will be used to turn turbines and generat. [pdf]
Ecostar Energy is a part of the Ecostar Holding and specializes in the development of power projects based on natural gas, hydropower, HFO, Diesel, biomass, and biofuels ranging from 1MW to 1000MW.
Venezuela's restrictive economic policies (Figure 3) have resulted in a decrease in inflation-adjusted GDP per capita, which has led to a decrease in energy consumption (Figure 4). Venezuela has the refining capacity to meet its domestic demand, but the country’s refineries are in poor condition.
In general, experts warn that the existing Venezuelan regulatory framework makes wind and solar projects not competitive and this creates additional risks for the development of such energy potential , , . The severity of all such factors evidence the difficulties to develop a sustainable energy sector in Venezuela , .
The Venezuelan energy framework Venezuela plays an important role in global energy markets. Along with the rest of Latin American countries, it has evidenced different stages on its energy evolution. The understanding of some relevant facts about this sector is needed to evaluate current conditions and challenges.
Ecostar Energy, as part of the Ecostar Holding, enjoys a strong financial position. In the last few years, the company has been engaged in projects as an independent power producer (IPP), Build-Own-Transfer (BOT), or Build-Own-Operate (BOO).
It is unmistakable that Venezuela needs an energy transition to reach the goals of sustainability and poverty reduction. Based on the current national reality, the recommendations to improve the Venezuelan energy sector will be presented from two different perspectives.
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