The Dominican government needs to make a US$150 million advance payment to the engineering firm Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) for the construction of the Central Punta Catalina power generation plant. The plant, which will have a generation capacity of 674.78 MW, will be built by Odebrecht-Tecnimont-Estrella consortium in the province of Peravia (Bani). The contract was signed on 14 April and the contractor has committed to delivering the works no later than 7 October 2017.
The project involves the construction of two 337.39 MW coal-fired thermoelectric units with a air quality control system that includes a flue gas desulfurization system, the preferred process for coal-fired electric utility power plants burning coal according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, as reported in Diario Libre.