The Dominican Republic is to develop a governmental framework to bring clean power to rural communities through micro hydropower plants (HPPs). Under an agreement signed on Friday, 13 July 2018, by Economy Minister Isidoro Santana and the director of the Rural and Sub-urban Electrification Unit, Thelma Eusebio, the former will develop planning and technical advice schemes so that no community in the country is left without electricity. This initiative is in line with the National Development Strategy 2030 and the Objectives of Sustainable Development (ODS).
In addition to the construction of micro HPPs, the agreement also includes activating the Bulb Substitution Program (PSB) in rural and urban areas by changing incandescent light bulbs for LED ones.
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Renewables Now
17 July 2018
