Solar power needs to be converted from (DC, as it is generated from the panel) to (AC) to be injected into the power grid. Since solar panels generate peak power only for few hours each day, and DC to AC converters are expensive, the converters are usually sized to be smaller than the peak DC power of the panels. This means that for some hours each day the peaks are "" and the extra energy is lost. This has very little impact on the total e.
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As it has been described, most electricity generation in the Dominican Republic comes from thermal sources. Only 14% of the installed capacity is , with this percentage falling to below 9% when all the thermal self-generation is accounted for. The exploitation of other renewable resources (i.e. , ) is very limited. However, this situation is expected to change following the enactment of in May 2007 of the
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