{"id":241682,"date":"2025-09-22T06:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=241682"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:45:42","slug":"sargassum-surge-forces-shutdown-of-aes-power-plant-in-south-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/09\/22\/sargassum-surge-forces-shutdown-of-aes-power-plant-in-south-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Sargassum surge forces shutdown of AES power plant in south coast"},"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\/09\/Sargazo-El-Dia-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241712\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sargazo-El-Dia-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sargazo-El-Dia-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sargazo-El-Dia-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sargazo-El-Dia.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>AES Dominicana&#8217;s Andres power plant has temporarily ceased operations after an unprecedented buildup of sargassum seaweed choked its water intake system. The 319-megawatt natural gas facility, a key contributor to the nation&#8217;s grid, went offline Saturday, 20 September 2025 as crews scrambled to clear the coastal algae clog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the company said the plant was suspended after the &#8220;unusual accumulation&#8221; of seaweed overwhelmed its systems. Technical teams worked around the clock to restore service, with the hope of bringing the plant back online, at least partially, within the coming hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AES Dominicana stated that while the company has continuous monitoring and cleaning protocols in place to combat the effects of sargassum, the current event was &#8220;unprecedented.&#8221; The company highlighted that the natural phenomenon has intensified annually in the region, with its impact occasionally reaching historic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/aes-suspende-operaciones-en-planta-electrica-de-boca-chica-por-acumulacion-de-sargazo\/\">El Dia <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22 September 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AES Dominicana&#8217;s Andres power plant has temporarily ceased operations after an unprecedented buildup of sargassum seaweed choked its water intake system. The 319-megawatt natural gas facility, a key contributor to the nation&#8217;s grid, went offline Saturday, 20 September 2025 as crews scrambled to clear the coastal algae clog. In a statement, the company said the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/09\/22\/sargassum-surge-forces-shutdown-of-aes-power-plant-in-south-coast\/\" 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\/241682"}],"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=241682"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241761,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241682\/revisions\/241761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}