{"id":231078,"date":"2025-02-11T07:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T11:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=231078"},"modified":"2025-02-11T09:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:15:38","slug":"minister-of-energy-new-milestone-renewable-energy-surpasses-50-of-national-power-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/02\/11\/minister-of-energy-new-milestone-renewable-energy-surpasses-50-of-national-power-output\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Energy: New milestone: Renewable energy surpasses 50% of national power output"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joel-Santos-Ministerio-Energia-y-Minas-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231138\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joel-Santos-Ministerio-Energia-y-Minas-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joel-Santos-Ministerio-Energia-y-Minas-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joel-Santos-Ministerio-Energia-y-Minas-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joel-Santos-Ministerio-Energia-y-Minas-1536x1010.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joel-Santos-Ministerio-Energia-y-Minas-2048x1346.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Renewable energy sources generated 1,222.75 megawatts (MW) on Saturday, 8 February 2025, surpassing thermal energy by 0.85%, which contributed 1,201.47 MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a groundbreaking announcement, Minister of Energy and Mines Joel Santos revealed that, for the first time, renewable energy provided more than 50% of the electricity needed by the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI) at 1:38pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This milestone, Santos emphasized, marks a significant step toward the Dominican Republic&#8217;s transition to a cleaner, more efficient energy future. &#8220;This is an important achievement in securing our energy independence and reducing our environmental footprint,&#8221; said Santos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also reiterated the government&#8217;s commitment to increasing renewable energy&#8217;s share in the national grid, aiming to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and create a more sustainable energy model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous day, the country set another record with 1,101 MW generated by renewables, accounting for 46.5% of the total energy used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santos also highlighted that the government is fast-tracking the bidding processes for additional clean energy projects, aiming for renewable sources to make up 25% of the nation&#8217;s energy matrix by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mem.gob.do\/ministro-de-energia-y-minas-anuncia-generacion-en-renovables-inyecto-mas-de-1200-mw-al-seni-este-sabado\/\">Ministry of Energy &amp; Mines <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mem.gob.do\/rd-alcanza-cifra-record-de-1101-mw-en-generacion-renovable\/\">Ministry of Energy &amp; Mines <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/economia\/energia\/2025\/02\/09\/energias-renovables-superaron-el-50-dice-joel-santos\/2993965\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 February 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renewable energy sources generated 1,222.75 megawatts (MW) on Saturday, 8 February 2025, surpassing thermal energy by 0.85%, which contributed 1,201.47 MW. In a groundbreaking announcement, Minister of Energy and Mines Joel Santos revealed that, for the first time, renewable energy provided more than 50% of the electricity needed by the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/02\/11\/minister-of-energy-new-milestone-renewable-energy-surpasses-50-of-national-power-output\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231139,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231078\/revisions\/231139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}