Gas power plant in Duarte, Dominican Republic. Approximate location 19.20378, -70.09403.
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Pimentel 3 power station is a 51 MW gas power plant in Duarte, Dominican Republic. It is operated by Laesa Ltd [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 57k homes (estimated). It ranks #27 of 30 Dominican Republic power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2011, it is around 15 years old — relatively modern. 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_pimentel3_domini.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408620; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 51 MW, Pimentel 3 power station is below the median gas plant in Dominican Republic (210 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. 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 Laesa Ltd [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 19.2°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 a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness 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 #12 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 19.20378, -70.09403 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Pimentel 3 power station is a 51 MW gas power plant in Duarte, Dominican Republic, commissioned in 2011.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 57,440 homes (estimated).
Pimentel 3 power station is operated by Laesa Ltd [100%].
