Hydro dominates new capacity additions in Peru...

摘要

Seven hydropower plants, with total capacity of 168.4 MW, were commissioned in Peru in 2019, according to the national grid operator COES. A further two new plants totalling 104 MW are set to begin operating this year. The hydropower capacity accounted for more than 80 per cent of the 204 MW of new power generation capacity which entered commercial operation last year, and which increased the country's national installed capacity to 13 248 MW, according to data reported by BN-Americas. The seven plants include the existing 86.2 MW Callahuanca and 20 MW Rucuy facilities, which were returned to service after damage caused by heavy rains and flooding during the El Nino weather phenomenon in 2017. The 23.7 MW 8 de Agosto and 10MW El Carmen run-of-river hydropower projects in central Peru, which were developed by Polaris Infrastructure of Canada, began commercial operation late last year. The polymetallic mining group Volcan Compania Minera of Peru, which owns the Rucuy facility, also commissioned the 20 MW Chancay plant last year. Two other greenfield projects, the 7.5 MW Zana and 1 MW Patapo, came online in 2019, according to COES, as well as the 21.7 MW San Jacinto and 14 MW Cana Brava bagasse plants.