Friday, April 20, 2012

Peru:

Report Pegs Renewables Investment in Peru at US$8.76bn Through 2040 (Power Engineering)

(Courtesy CIA)
An estimated US$8.76bn investment will be required to implement 4.32GW of renewable energy plants in Peru by 2040, according to an energy and mines ministry report.

Geothermal would account for 34.7% of the renewable capacity, followed by wind (31.1%), biomass (14.4%), mini-hydro (11.5%) and solar 8.3%. Combined, these alternative energy sources could represent 17.3% of total capacity that year.