Kallpa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inkia Energy has received an environmental approval for the expansion of its solar power plant currently under construction in Southern Peru, which is known to be a global solar resource hub.
The approval will bring the solar project, Sunny, from 228 megawatt peak (MWp) to 338 MWp and is expected to be fully operational by the second half of 2025 (2H25).
“The launch of Sunny marks the beginning of the Inkia 2.0 expansion campaign, aligned with Peru’s energy needs,” said its chief executive officer, Willem Van Twembeke.
Apart from Sunny, Inkia enabled the construction of 2 adjacent solar projects by signing energy and I-REC off-take agreements for said developments.
With the 3 projects combined, Inkia will consolidate the energy of ‘Peru’s Solar Hub’, contributing approximately 1 gigawatt peak (GWp) of renewable energy capacity to the National Interconnected Grid starting in the fourth quarter of next year (4Q25).
In addition, the company expects to launch 2 wind projects with an aggregate capacity of at least 600MW in 2026.
The wind developments along with several other solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects, will bolster the company’s position as the leading renewable energy player to supply Peru’s current and future energy needs.
The expansion of the solar PV power plant is said to be the largest in Peru, beating against Zelestra’s 300MW San Martin solar project known as Solarpack. It entered construction earlier in 2024 and is also expected to be fully operational in 2025.
Previously, a power plant in the department of Lima started to supply energy to Peru from a facility that is considered to be ‘the most efficient’ in Latin America.
The power plant, dubbed Las Flores, operates non-stop but requires less cooling water consumption, more savings in fuel and better process optimisation.
Las Flores previously operated with an open cycle and, after a US$165 million investment, which included upgrading the gas turbines. It now operates with a combined cycle.
In addition, Las Flores has increased its power capacity to 320MW, which will be supplied to the mining sector, which accounts for 10% of Peru’s GDP to small industry and for domestic consumption.
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