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AES Andrés LNG terminal (Photo: AES)

AES receives first carbon-neutral

LNG cargo in Dominican Republic

US-BASED AES Corp. revealed earlier this by carbon credits resulting from the company’s
week that it had taken delivery of its first car- other renewable energy projects around the
bon-neutral LNG cargo in the Dominican world,” it stated.
Republic. In a press release, AES said that the Juan Ignacio Rubiolo, the president of AES
LNG cargo had arrived at the AES Andrés ter- Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean,
minal on the morning of July 22. It noted that noted at the ceremony on July 22 that the
the delivery had been marked by a ceremony regional market for natural gas had grown sig-
attended by Dominican government officials, nificantly in recent years. This growth has given
AES executives and representatives of several AES an opportunity to offer customers around
local natural 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 mak-
154,500 cubic metre tanker managed by Gaz- ing this innovative product available in the
ocean (France). The LNG Unity loaded its Dominican Republic, we can provide an effec-
cargo at Cameron LNG, an export facility in tive mechanism to lower our customers’ carbon
Hackberry, Louisiana that is owned by a joint footprints and earn their companies all impor-
venture that includes subsidiaries of Sempra tant carbon credits. Beginning with the pilot
(US), TotalEnergies (France), Mitsui (Japan) project in the Dominican Republic, AES will
and Japan LNG Investment Co., which is held seek out opportunities to replicate this solution
jointly by two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi in other markets around the world, in countries
and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha. such as Panama, Vietnam and beyond.”
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 Mex-
shipment of its kind to the Dominican Repub- ico, Central America and the Caribbean, noted
lic, but also to the wider Caribbean region. It that the carbon-neutral shipment was also in
described the delivery as “a new chapter in the line with his company’s bid to reduce net carbon
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 said, according to the press release. “The carbon
line. “The natural gas carbon footprint pro- offset provided by today’s natural gas shipment
duced at various stages in the extraction, pro- is equivalent to taking 30,000 passenger vehicles
duction and shipment process will be fully offset off the road in one year.” ™

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