Gas power plant in Montecristi, Dominican Republic. Approximate location 19.6952879, -71.7378236.
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Manzanillo Energy power station is a 840 MW gas power station in Montecristi, Dominican Republic. It is operated by Lindsayca Inc; Coastal Petroleum Dominicana SA; Manzanillo Energy SAS. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 946k homes (estimated). It ranks #1 of 30 Dominican Republic power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 26.8% of Dominican Republic's electricity; the national grid averages 537 gCO₂/kWh (23.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_manzanillo_domini.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 840 MW, Manzanillo Energy power station is well above the median gas plant in Dominican Republic (210 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Siemens Energy: SGT6-PAC 8000H. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Lindsayca Inc; Coastal Petroleum Dominicana SA; Manzanillo Energy SAS.
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 19.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #1 largest gas power plant of 12 in Dominican Republic by capacity.
Dominican Republic has 12 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 3,103 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 19.6952879, -71.7378236 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Manzanillo Energy power station is a 840 MW gas power plant in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, Construction 2027.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 946,080 homes (estimated).
Manzanillo Energy power station is operated by Lindsayca Inc; Coastal Petroleum Dominicana SA; Manzanillo Energy SAS.
