LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Peruvian electricity company Electro Oriente, which serves regions Loreto and San Martín, has submitted a study on the environmental impact of Peru's Energy and Mines Ministry with the aim of expanding the Iquitos thermoelectric plant, which capacity reached 49MW effective capacity at present.
The project, which will last 29 months, is intended to increase the plant's capacity by 20.5MW, and is necessary to meet the regional growing demand.
The area's capacity demand is set to reach 44.4MW this year, 48.7MW in 2010, 62.1MW in 2015 and 77.5MW in 2020.
The company has budgeted some S/. 100 million soles (
US $ 36.6 million dollars) for these expansion works.
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