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Local newspaper La Republica reports that Peru’s ministry of energy and mines (MEM) is currently reviewing two PV project proposals with a combined capacity of 110MW. companies Energy Renovable and Energia Renovable Ilo-Moquegua SAC have submitted proposals to build PV plants with a capacity of 50MW and 60MW, respectively, along the Pan-American Highway in the south of Peru. The MEM has granted permission for Enel Green Power Peru SA to start feasibility studies for two 40MW PV projects planned for the south of the country. The company, a subsidiary of Italian renewable energy developer Enel Green Power SpA, part of the Enel Group, submitted project proposals for the Central Solar Pampa Siguas and Central Peruvian PV review Peruvian-based

Solar Tesoro projects in January. The projects would be the largest solar power plants in the country. Peru’s minister of energy and mines, Jorge Merino, has previously announced that proposals for the installation of hydroelectric, biomass, solar and other renewable energy power plants will be sought soon. The budget devoted to the development is set at $3.1 billion, with around $2.6 billion reserved for 1.1GW of hydroelectric power plants. The remaining $500 million will be allocated for the development of 250MW of renewable energy power plants, including 50MW of biomass projects. Selected projects must come online in 2016. According to the government, its energy program will enable 95 percent of the country to have access to electricity by the end of 2016.

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