Exploring Storage for Resiliency: The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Sinopsis

The Dominican Republic’s 2023 decree that mandates a requirement for projects above 50MW to include a storage component has put the island on the map, and Puerto Rico needs storage to avoid rolling blackouts. This panel will address commonalities of some of the Caribbean Islands, and what challenges need to be overcome in these markets to aid growth of storage.

• Increasing resiliency – the role of storage in the DR, Puerto Rico and Jamaica
• How will energy storage in the Dominican Republic be compensated and how can you make money outside of arbitrage?
• With regulatory initiatives already in place and various different angles for storage, what needs to happen next in these markets?