As announced over the weekend by President Fernandez, the concessionary contract that will allow a Spanish company, Generacion Eolica Internacional (GEI), to create the first wind power farm in the Dominican Republic was approved by the government’s National Energy Commission. The wind farm will be built in Matafongo, Bani, in Azua province. The first stage of the installation aims to produce 50 megawatts of power for the national grid, and the cost is estimated at US$120 million. The second stage, which will be built in Montecristi province, will also generate 50 MW. However, this contract has not yet been signed. Both Ruben Montas, the head of the NEC, and Radhames Segura, the head of the CDEEE praised the Spanish initiative as the start of a “revolution”. The leadership of GEI, led by Ernesto Oliver Gomez, said that work would be concluded within 24 months. According to company estimates the Bani energy park will be ready in 14 months and the one in Montecristi will be finished in 18 months. GEI has spent three years studying the winds, and the contract is a concession that authorized GEI to build, install, operate and exploit the energy park in Bani at its own cost. The wind generators will be huge, with 58- meter diameters and a height of 72 meters. Each one of the 58 generators will produce 850 KV. According to the report in Hoy, it appears that this will be the largest project undertaken by GEI, although they have installed over 150 megawatts of wind generators in Spain.