wiredinUSA January 2012 - page 15

wiredInUSA - January 2012 15
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Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM)
reports a potential of exploitable geothermal
energy capacity of 3,000MW. According to
Makoto Nakao, representative of Japan’s
International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
the scope of work for the Master Plan for
Development of Geothermal Energy in Peru,
agreed between the Peruvian government
and JICA and signed in late 2009, has been
ratified. It is also “considered favorable”
in the context of the priorities identified
for the development of Peru.
Makoto Nakao said that geothermal energy
“has to be the only one that offers high
utilization factors by providing stable power
supply for 365 days a year.”
Energy in Peru