Engie Energía Perú, a subsidiary of the French energy group Engie, has started commercial operations for its 260 MW Punta Lomitas wind power plant located in the district of Ocucaje, Ica Region, southern Peru. The power generated by the power plant will support the electricity demand of Quellaveco, a copper project developed by Anglo American and Mitsubishi Corporation, with renewable energy sources.
The Punta Lomitas power plant comprises 50 wind turbines, two electrical substations and 60 km of transmission lines connecting the plant to Peru’s National Interconnected Electric System (SEIN). A 36 MW expansion to the plant is planned to be commissioned soon, which will make Punta Lomitas the largest wind park of its kind in the country. The power plant required an investment of about US$300m and will allow a reduction of emissions of about 230 ktCO2/year.
As of end-2021, wind represented about 3% of Peru’s installed capacity with 409 MW and 3% of its power generation with 1.8 TWh.
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