Dominican Republic wants 300 MW of energy storage by 2027

Joel Santos, minister of energy and mines in the Dominican Republic, announced a goal of 300 MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) by 2027 during a speech at a Caribbean energy forum.

Santos said a renewable energy tender this year, involving the National Energy Commission (CNE), would be crucial to the aim and added the government is working on drafting terms and conditions for the procurement.

Enabling regulation includes mandating BESS at clean energy sites with a generation capacity of 20 MW (AC) or more, courtesy of Resolution CNE-AD-0005-2024, issued by the CNE. That regulation stipulates such co-located BESS should be at least half the scale of the associated generation capacity and must offer at least four-hour storage capacity.

At the same event, CNE Executive Director Edward Veras said more than 20 energy storage projects have already been awarded in the Dominican Republic. Veras pointed out only energy provision, and not infrastructure, can be procured by the tender, and said contracts would not be awarded until suitable land, environmental permits, and grid connections have been secured.

Last year, the Dominican Republic added 275 MW of solar generation capacity, and an additional 78 MWp under a net metering program to pay the owners of self-consumption systems who inject surplus electricity into the grid.

The recent “Renewable Capacity Statistics 2025” report from the International Renewable Energy Agency indicates the country has 1,423 MW of installed photovoltaic generation capacity.

From pv magazine LatAm.