Abengoa has been selected by the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mining through the private investment promotion agency ProInversion, to develop and operate a new electricity transmission project in the Cuzco region. The project worth approximately US$160m will enable part of the country’s energy demand to be supplied in an efficient and sustainable way.
Abengoa will be responsible for carrying out the engineering, design, construction, maintenance and start-up of the three electricity transmission lines, which will cover more than 350 km, ensuring the highest levels of quality at every stage of the project. The works are expected to take 38 months, from the start of the project through to putting the lines into operation, while the concession to manage the lines, which has also been awarded to Abengoa, will be for 30 years.
The project consists of three transmission lines from Machupicchu to Tintaya, covering a total distance of 353.9 km (Machupicchu–Quencoro, 153 km; Quencoro–Onocora, 116 km; and Onocora–Tintaya, 84.9 km), as well as connections to the Quencoro and Quencoro Nueva substations, construction of two new substations in Quencoro and Onocora, and the extension of the substations in Suriray, Quencoro and Tintaya Nueva.