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Peru Begins Operation At Its Biggest Wind Farm

  • The Wayra I Park near Ica, Peru.

    The Wayra I Park near Ica, Peru. | Photo: Minister of Energy and Mines (MINEM)

Published 18 July 2018
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The Peruvian government starts up its biggest wind turbine project on Wednesday near Nazca with the potential to create 132 megawatts of energy per day.  

Peru has inaugurated its largest wind farm in the southern Ica region of the country, says the Minister for the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), Francisco Ismodes.

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The 42 massive turbines inaugurated at Wayra I Park on Wednesday are capable of generating 132 megawatts per day, providing energy to 482,000 families. The US$165 million venture was carried out in a public-private venture between MINEM and Enel Peru. Enel is a multinational electric company based in Italy.

MINEM says the project produces "clean and green electricity" from the southern winds around Nazca, Peru. Wayra I Park is capable of producing 605 gigawatts of electricity per hour to homes in the region that have spotty energy service.

At the ceremony, Ismodes congratulated Enel and said that with the new turbines in place the state will be able to exceed its target of obtaining 5 percent of its energy from renewable resources.

The minister added that Wayra will cut about 285 thousand tons of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere each year, reducing greenhouse gases and global warming.

The inauguration was attended by the Italian ambassador to Peru, Mauro Marsili and Jose Revuelta, Country Manager of Enel Peru, who said that with the operation "contributes to diversifying the energy matrix, makes energy more reliable, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions."

Also on Wednesday MINEM announced it's preparing legislation that makes it easier for companies to invest in renewable energy making it easier for the country to provide 100 percent of its rural inhabitants with electricity by 2021, said MINEM.

Deputy Minister of Electricity, Raul Garcia, said the future legislation will enable renewable energy companies, like solar and wind, to compete with conventional technologies.

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