York Caribbean Windpower, a subsidiary of York Reserarch Corporation, has announced the construction in Puerto Plata of a windmill park to generate 115,000 kilowatts/hour at a cost of US$160 million. Enrique de Marchena told the Listin Diario that the project will be in operation by mid 2002. The company has contracted to sell power to CDE at US$0.057 kilowatt/hour, highly competitive by international market standards, said De Marchena. York Research Corporation is a US company that develops, constructs, owns and operates electric power and thermal generation facilities. These facilities are fueled with clean natural gas, solar energy or wind power, as is the case with the project for the DR. The company operates two New York power plants. The firm also has wind-power projects in Texas and a natural gas-fired plant in Trinidad and Tobago. See http://www.yorkresearch.com/index.html
