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AES takes delivery of first carbon-neutral

LNG cargo in Dominican Republic

ENERGY US-BASED AES Corp. revealed earlier this week credits resulting from the company’s other
TRANSITION that it had taken delivery of its first carbon-neu- renewable energy projects around the world,” it
tral LNG cargo in the Dominican Republic. stated.
In a press release, AES said that the LNG Juan Ignacio Rubiolo, the president of AES
cargo had arrived at the AES Andrés terminal Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean,
on the morning of July 22. It noted that the deliv- noted at the ceremony on July 22 that the
ery had been marked by a ceremony attended by regional market for natural gas had grown sig-
Dominican government officials, AES execu- nificantly in recent years. This growth has given
tives and representatives of several local natural AES an opportunity to offer customers around
gas distributors. the world a way to meet their sustainability tar-
The company further reported that the fuel gets without excessive spending on new infra-
had been sourced from the US but did not offer structure and equipment, he said.
any more details on the shipment. However, “We work together with our customers to
LNG Prime cited automatic identification sys- understand their clean energy needs and to
tem (AIS) data showing that the fuel had been develop tailored approaches to achieve their
delivered to AES Andrés by the LNG Unity, a sustainability goals,” he commented. “By making The carbon-
154,500 cubic metre tanker managed by Gaz- this innovative product available in the Domini-
ocean (France). The LNG Unity loaded its cargo can Republic, we can provide an effective mech- neutral LNG cargo
at Cameron LNG, an export facility in Hack- anism to lower our customers’ carbon footprints
berry, Louisiana that is owned by a joint ven- and earn their companies all important carbon was not only the
ture that includes subsidiaries of Sempra (US), credits. Beginning with the pilot project in the
TotalEnergies (France), Mitsui (Japan) and Dominican Republic, AES will seek out oppor- first shipment
Japan LNG Investment Co., which is held jointly tunities to replicate this solution in other markets of its kind to
by two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi and Nip- around the world, in countries such as Panama,
pon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha. Vietnam and beyond.” the Dominican
AES noted in its statement that the car- Meanwhile, Freddy Obando Prestol, com-
bon-neutral LNG cargo was not only the first mercial and LNG vice-president of AES Mexico, Republic, but
shipment of its kind to the Dominican Repub- Central America and the Caribbean, noted that
lic, but also to the wider Caribbean region. It the carbon-neutral shipment was also in line also to the wider
described the delivery as “a new chapter in the with his company’s bid to reduce net carbon Caribbean region.
availability of sustainable and reliable energy in emissions to zero by 2040. “We have the energy
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.” strategy and solutions critical to achieving our
The company also explained that it had 2040 net-zero target, and today we are making
secured carbon offsets for the cargo within the those solutions available to our customers,” he
framework of its Cleaner Reliability product line. said, according to the press release. “The carbon
“The natural gas carbon footprint produced at offset provided by today’s natural gas shipment
various stages in the extraction, production and is equivalent to taking 30,000 passenger vehicles
shipment process will be fully offset by carbon off the road in one year.”™

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