I thought the idea may come up eventually... Mallorca is studying the same concept to draw more energy form the Spanish main land.
Well, right now we are dependent on old US machinery, imported and largely unpaid (on credit) oil, gas and coal... So why not differing our dependency on to the US... but then... they (the US) may want to be paid or they might just march in (once more) and block our customs until they got the money. So, I suspect... that it may just end up being what the article says... they are considering, studying, talking about it... as so many things they have been for decades.
The truth is, oil and gas is getting too valuable (expensive) to be burnt, so, DR politics or not, there will have to come a BIG solution or the lights will go out for good... at the palacio presidencial too.
I think the DR has enough hydraulic resources available to produce more energy than what is currently produced. And there is wind energy. Additionally, Photovoltaic seems to be at the verge of a new break thru soon, potentially making domestic dependence on the grid a thing of the past when paired with less energy consumption... hopefully.
... J-D.
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