Lurgi Lejes Bischoff of Germany and Acres International and Interteck Consulting, of Canada, will work together to install a generator that uses garbage as fuel, as reported in El Caribe newspaper. During a press conference in Santo Domingo, engineer Pedro Robiou, serving as spokesman for the companies and Roberto Castillo Tió, technical secretary of the Municipality of Santo Domingo, announced that US$200 million will be invested in the 102-megawatt power plant. The plant will be fed garbage selected from the Duquesa landfill, where most of the garbage generated by Santo Domingo residents is dumped. The plant should be ready for operation in two years.
