The Dominican Association of the Electricity Industry (Adie) will hold a colloquium to analyze the ability of the Dominican national electric grid to deal with the effects of natural disasters. Called “The Resilience of the Dominican Electric System in the Face of Catastrophes Caused by Natural Phenomena,” the Adie workshop features the participation of experts from both the thermal electric sector and renewable energy sector, and experts in transmission and distribution.
The procedures to be taken when a natural phenomena is approaching will be discussed as well as the capacity of the electricity sector to deal with this electricity system before and after such a disaster. The intention is to help the country be better prepared for a natural disaster.
According to a press communiqué, the colloquium will include the participation of Ronald Hobgood, an advisor to the Puerto Rican Electricity Authority, who has collaborated in the restructuring and rebuilding of the electrical network on that island after the impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Hobgood will talk about his experience regarding an electrical system that was around 80% destroyed by these two hurricanes. He has more than 40 years experience with the electrical grid in Puerto Rico.
The colloquium is happening at the Hotel El Embajador and begins at 8:30am on Tuesday, 3 July 2018.
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Diario Libre
28 June 2018
