Dominican Republic grants concession for 10-MW solar project

• The Dominican Republic's national power commission CNE has granted a conclusive concession for the 10.3-MW/ 11.4-MWp Lucila solar park project sited in the province of Peravia.

CNE authorized the concession contract with project sponsor Eterra Grupo Ecoenergetico del Caribe SRL, it introduced last week. The concession is provided for a period of 25 years, according to the commission's archive.

The Lucila solar farm will certainly be found in the town of Nizao.

"First, we require power, and afterwards we require to adhere to legal commitments that guarantee 25% renewable energy by 2025 and also 30% by 2030," CNE's executive director Edward Veras was quoted as stating in the commission's announcement.