{"id":492644,"date":"2025-11-26T21:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dr-drives-energy-transition-with-the-largest-solar-plant-in-the-caribbean-raquel-pena-leads-inauguration\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:58:11","slug":"dr-drives-energy-transition-with-the-largest-solar-plant-in-the-caribbean-raquel-pena-leads-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/dr-drives-energy-transition-with-the-largest-solar-plant-in-the-caribbean-raquel-pena-leads-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"DR drives energy transition with the largest solar plant in the Caribbean; Raquel Pe\u00f1a leads inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

La Romana, RD.\u2013<\/strong> The Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Pe\u00f1a, led the inauguration this Wednesday of the Cotoper\u00ed Solar<\/strong> photovoltaic complex (162.6 MWp), the largest in Central America and the Caribbean, located in Guaymate, La Romana. The project, composed of three solar plants, will generate 286 GWh of clean energy annually<\/strong>, avoiding the emission of more than 210,000 tons of CO\u2082<\/strong>, equivalent to planting more than five million trees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nPe\u00f1a stated that the inauguration of the complex “reflects the path we are taking towards a more diverse and sustainable energy matrix”, highlighting that it expresses cooperation, vision, and trust in the country.\n\n\n

You may be interested in<\/strong>: Vice President of the Republic Raquel Pe\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe official emphasized that during construction, more than 600 direct and indirect jobs were generated<\/strong>, boosting the local economy and demonstrating the impact of the renewable sector on the development and well-being of the communities.\n\nAs the president of the Investment Promotion Cabinet, she recalled that this project adds to the efforts promoted by President Luis Abinader to advance the transition towards clean sources, maintaining the stability of the national electricity system. “Today we expand the country’s renewable generation capacity and consolidate alliances that guarantee growth, sustainability and security,” she expressed.\n\nThe Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, explained that the plant will produce enough energy to supply more than 95 thousand homes<\/strong>, reiterating that its performance confirms the confidence of investors in the Government’s energy vision. He highlighted the role of ACCIONA, JMMB and Grupo Pa\u00eds as strategic partners of a sector that he described as competitive and stable.\n\nCotoper\u00ed Solar is the second photovoltaic project developed by ACCIONA Energ\u00eda<\/strong> in the country, after the inauguration of Calabaza I in 2023. The company owns 51% of the complex, while the remaining 49% belongs to Cotosolar Holding<\/strong>, integrated by the JMMB Sustainable Energy Fund (FES), Grupo Pa\u00eds and other investors.\n\nThe project also includes social initiatives that have benefited more than 3,500 people<\/strong>, through technical training, community employment, and road safety education campaigns. Likewise, in conjunction with the Centro Arco\u00edris and the acciona.org foundation, it promotes improvements in access to water and sanitation in Bajos de Haina, benefiting more than 4,500 residents<\/strong>.\n\nACCIONA Energ\u00eda is also building the Pedro Corto<\/strong> solar plant (82.69 MWp), which will further expand the country’s renewable infrastructure. Grupo Pa\u00eds and the JMMB Sustainable Energy Fund maintain investments exceeding 710 MWp<\/strong> of installed capacity, consolidating their position as key players in the Dominican energy transition.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Romana, RD.\u2013 The Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Pe\u00f1a, led the inauguration this Wednesday of the Cotoper\u00ed Solar photovoltaic complex (162.6 MWp), the largest in Central America and the Caribbean, located in Guaymate, La Romana. The project, composed of three solar plants, will generate 286 GWh of clean energy annually, avoiding the emission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":492645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[40231,1830],"class_list":["post-492644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-dominican-republic","tag-raquel-pena"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-249S","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-26-at-9.47.24-PM-1.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-26-at-9.47.24-PM-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}