Norwind Plans to Build 260-Megawatt Windfarm in Peru

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Norwind (Bergen, Norway) recently submitted an environmental impact assessment to Peru's energy and mines Ministry's Direccion General de Asuntos Ambientales Energeticos for the construction of the 260-megawatt (MW) El Cerro Chocan windfarm in the northern region of Peru.

The facility, which will be in the city of Cerro Chocon, in the region of Piura, will span 2,900 hectares, covering 13,200 hectares of land, and will help cover increasing demand in the northern part of the country. At the same time, it will help the mining operations in that region, such as the Bayovar mine, which will require 50 MW of electricity.

The project will be performed in two phases. The first phase envisions the installation of 30 Gamesa (Madrid, Spain) G-90, 2-MW wind turbines that will take 13 months to complete. The second phase will add a capacity of 200 MW to reach a total power output of 260 MW. The project is scheduled to be operational by 2012.

The Peruvian electricity generation matrix has little diversification, with only two types of generation: hydropower plants and fossil-fuel combustion plants. In December 2009, 67% of the energy produced came from hydropower plants, while the remaining 33% came from gas turbines (17%), combined-cycle plants (11%), steam turbines (4%), and diesel internal combustion engines (1%).

The contribution of wind power to the energy matrix in Peru is insignificant, with just 0.7 MW of installed capacity. Studies from the National Meteorological and Hydrological Service have estimated a total windpower potential of 19 gigawatt-hours per year for Peru. The departments of Talara, Laguna Grande, Marcona and Pta. Atico are the regions with the largest wind power potential.

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