Peru, Hydro-powered dreams

AT LESS than 8,000MW, Peru’s total electricity-generation capacity is modest, barely matching four modern nuclear power stations. But President Alan García’s government reckons it could produce almost eight times as much power just by harnessing the country’s Amazonian rivers, let alone using increasingly plentiful supplies of natural gas, and wind and solar power. The government has big ambitions to turn the country into a regional energy hub, exporting electricity to Brazil and Chile. Some of these plans are starting to be put into effect. And they look set to generate some equally big protests. Read Article