Plant two of the thermoelectric plant Punta Catalinawhose Operation output Last Tuesday he was causing blackouts In different parts of the country, the interconnected national electrical system re -entered this Sunday (Seni).
The plant was taken out of service last Tuesday, August 12 by a Click on the boiler. From the generating company it was reported that the works of repair They included increase the thicknessthrough coating and welding procedures, 12 tubes of the boiler.
At 6:00 in the morning, the unit, whose generation capacity is 360 megawattsbegan its contribution to Seni with 16.98 megawatts, a figure that was increasing until reaching the 233.58 megawatts At 10:00 in the morning, according to the records of the Coordinating body (OC).
The company said that, after five days of intense maintenance work, in which The technical staff worked uninterruptedly, 24 hours a day, the unit could be restored in the shortest possible time.
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He explained that 50 collaborators participated in the work, together with the support of the company’s representative company, Babcock & Wilcox. Punta Catalina recognized the effort and commitment of her coaching staff and stressed that 100 % of the permanent employees of the plant are Dominicans, which reaffirms the level of national human talent.
With the re -entry of the Unit 2, Punta Catina reinforces the supply of Energy to Senicontributing to the stability of the national electrical system.
In the case of the other unit of the State Central, whose generation fuel It is the mineral coalcontinues to contribute to the system 340 megawattsaccording to OC.
This Saturday the President of the Republic, Luis Abinaderhe visited the central, a moment he took to apologize to the population for the cuts of the electric service that were suffering, among other reasons, for the fault of the plant.
The population was facing during the last week the Electricity interruptionmainly at night, added to the heat wave typical of the time of year.
