DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Department of Energy of the United States announced the approval of permit for Project Hostos. Caribbean Transmission Development Co., LLC (CTDC) had applied to the US Department of Energy (DOE) for the US Presidential Permit to allow for the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of facilities for transmission of electric energy at the international border between the United States Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) and the Dominican Republic.

The permit allows for a submarine cable capable of transmitting up to 700 MW of bidirectional energy. The timeline of the project estimates the completion of the project by January 2031. The cable will span approximately 150 km (93 miles) across the Mona Passage, connecting a new natural gas plant in the Dominican Republic (San Pedro de Macorís) to the Mayagüez substation in Puerto Rico.

The...