InterEnergy Group and the Closed Fund for the Development of Popular Societies, managed by AFI Popular, a subsidiary of the Popular Group, acquired the Matafongo wind farm, located in the municipality of Baní, Peravia province, with an investment of more than US $ 50 million.
InterEnergy Group has assumed 75% of the investment and the Popular Societies Development Fund 25%. Meanwhile, the Superintendency of Electricity and the National Energy Council approved the operation under ordinances CNE-AD-0036-2020 and SIE-085-2020-TC, respectively.
The Matafongo wind farm, originally developed by the Spanish company Inveravante with union funding led by Banco Popular Dominican, another subsidiary of the Popular Group, has a capacity of 34 megawatts (MW) in operation and the possibility of expanding in 16 megawatts (MW), totaling 50 megawatts (mW) of renewable energy.
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Currently, its annual generation is 104 gigawatt hours (GWh), which are injected into the national electricity system, diversifying the country’s energy sources towards a more sustainable scheme.