Acciona awarded transmission lines in Peru
The planned projects will benefit residents of the Ica and Arequipa regions of Peru and will facilitate the development of more than 10 GW of renewable energy.
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Peru, Lima: The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines has awarded an Acciona-led consortium three new power transmission concession projects through the Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversión). This will include more than 400 km of transmission lines, six substations and the modernization of six existing substations, with an estimated investment of $337 million (€315 million). The projects will benefit more than one million residents of the Ica and Arequipa regions in the south of Peru and will facilitate the development of more than 10 GW of renewable energy in the area.
The facilities involved are the new Poroma Hub and Colectora substations and the 500 kV Hub Poroma-Colectora link in Ica; the new San José Hub substation and the 220 kV San José-Repartición Hub link in Arequipa; and the new Marcona II, San Isidro and Pampa substations, as well as the 138 kV Marcona II-San Isidro (Bella Unión)-Pampa (Chala) link. For each of the contracts, fifty months of construction plus thirty years of operation and maintenance are scheduled.
The contracts, together with the four projects of this kind that Acciona already has in its portfolio in Peru, make the company one of the main holders of power transmission concessions in the region. The company has extensive experience in the infrastructure market in Peru, where it has been present since 1998 and has developed many projects.
Source: Acciona