Acciona Wins EPC Contract to Build 225-MW Solar Power Facility in Peru

Written by Amir Richani for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Acciona (Alcobendas, Spain) announced that it had won a contract for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of a solar power plant with a peak capacity of 225 megawatts (MW) for Kallpa Generation (Lima, Peru) in La Joya district, Arequipa, Peru.

The solar facility plant will include 371,040 high-performance bifacial panels with the capacity to produce enough electricity to power 547,000 households and prevent 215,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year.

The facility will be connected to the Peruvian power grid through the San Jose substation, also in Arequipa.

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Acciona recently won other contract projects in Peru, such as the construction of 400 kilometers (km) of transmission lines, six substations and the modernization of another six existing stations, with investments totalling US$337 million. According to Acciona, this expansion will facilitate the development of more than 10 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy in Ica and Arequipa.

Moreover, the Spanish company recently reached an agreement to gain access over 1,200 kilometers of high-voltage power lines and 30 substations in Peru from the acquisition of Darby International Capital for US$231 million.

Kallpa manages 2.23 GW of hydropower and thermal power plants in Peru; it is the largest electricity supplier in the country. About 56% of its electricity comes from thermoelectric sources, while the remaining power is generated by hydroelectric stations.

According to the Economic Operation Committee of the National Interconnected System (COES), Kallpa supplied 19.5% of Peru's electricity in 2023.

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