The Dominican Republic is to receive US$3 million from the United Arab Emirates for the installation of solar panels in 1,000 public health medical units across the country. The announcement was made by the executive director of the Dominican National Energy Commission, Juan Rodríguez Nina. Rodríguez Nina said that it was an ambitious project to supply 40% of the energy needed by the public health medical centers.
This support is part of a global agreement, the United Arab Emirates-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund for a total of US$50 million. The fund is targeted to developing renewable energy projects across the region, such as solar, inverters and others. Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Zani Bin Ahmed al Zeyudi, presented the agreement for funding projects in the Dominican Republic in Abu Dhabi. Amer El Kadi, consular assistant at the Dominican Republic Embassy in Abu Dhabi attended the ceremony and expressed his thanks to the UAE.
Announced in January 2017, the UAE fund is a partnership between the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC), which leads the initiative; the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), which provides the grant financing; and Masdar, which is responsible for technical management and international, competitive project tendering. The Fund intends to announce projects with up to 16 Caribbean countries over the next two to three years.
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Masdar
16 January 2018
