Apr 24 2013
Isolux Corsán has been awarded a contract for the construction of the Molloco hydroelectric power plant located in the southern region of Arequipa (Peru). This is the company's first hydroelectric project in the country.
The estimated total investment, as of the date of commencement of work based on the official studies, and pending completion of definitive studies, will exceed €760 million.
The Group will build this plant, which will have a total capacity of 300 MW, as part of a consortium with the Brazilian companies, Enex and Engevix. This facility, located in the provinces of Caylloma and Castilla, consists of two hydroelectric plants and will produce energy from the water resources of the Molloco River basin and in part from the Palca river.
The project, coordinated by the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru, comprises three reservoirs (Machucocha, Molloco and Japo), the derivation of part of the Palca river to the Illigua river and two adduction conduits, the first to the Llatica hydropower plant (with a capacity of 142 MW) and the second to the Soro hydropower plant (capacity of 159 MW). The 220 kV electric transmission system will go to Cerro Verde . The construction of this plant, which will begin in 2015, has an execution period of five years.
Isolux Corsán in Peru
Isolux Corsán, through its subsidiary T-Solar, has built two photovoltaic plants in the region of Arequipa, Repartición" and "Majes", with an installed capacity of 44 MW in the first large solar PV project developed in Latin America. The capacity of these plants is 80 GWh per year and they can supply a population of 80,000 people.
The company has also recently started construction of the 563-metre Chilina Bridge in this same region.