First stone to be laid in historic museum of Incan civilisation
CUSCO – Work begins this Friday, December 9th, on a monumental museum to house several hundred Incan artefacts found at Machu Picchu. Minister of Culture, Susana Baca, announced earlier this week that the first stone will be laid in the construction of what will become the Gran Museo del Tahuantinsuyo – a permanent home for [...]
Earthquake protection for vulnerable Peruvian communities
LIMA – A joint project between Stanford University, Peru’s Universidad Católica and Geohazards International – a not-for-profit working to reduce the suffering caused by natural disasters – is teaching vulnerable communities in Peru how to reduce the death toll from major earthquakes by reinforcing local buildings. A school in Chocos has become the first building [...]
500 schools for poor rural areas in Peru
JUNÍN – The head of Peru’s Education Infrastructure Office (OINFE), Iván La Rosa, announced the construction of 500 education institutes in areas considered to be amongst the poorest in the country. The announcement came after La Rosa met with Junín’s Parliamentary Group, reports El Peruano. The initiative is part of the government’s social inclusion agenda, [...]
Brazilian construction company cancels Peru dam project
LIMA – Brazilian construction company, Odebrecht, has canceled a Peruvian mega-dam building project due to protests be indigenous communities. The company had committed to developing the Tambo-40 Dam on the Tambo River in the Peruvian Amazon. Odebrecht said in a letter to Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mining (MINAM) that the company was withdrawing from [...]
Peru’s Daily News: November 17
50 thousand hectares of quinoa to be planted in southern Peru In a bid to increase exports, the Regional Government of Puno announced that over 2 years, quinoa producers will plant 50 thousand hectares of the Andean grain. This is about double of what is currently sowed. The chief of the Puno Quinoa Regional project, [...]
Ecological pathway to be built in Chiclayo
LAMBAYEQUE – The Lambayeque Regional Government announced on Tuesday that an ecological pathway will be built in the province of Chiclayo. The pathway will include touristic aspects and Yortuque culture. A large investment of S/.8,207,000 is being put into the construction of the pathway, with the cooperation of the regional president of Lambayeque, Humberto Acuna [...]
Astaldi to build a new 510MW hydroelectric power plant in Peru
ROME, ITALY – Astaldi, in a joint venture with the Peruvian Group GyM – Graña y Montero S.A., has been awarded the US$ 680 million contract for developing the Cerro del Águila hydroelectric project in Peru. The project – to be carried out in accordance with the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) scheme – calls for [...]
Peru and Panama – potential partners in boat building
Peru’s Marine Industrial Service (SIMA) could help Peru become Panama’s key partner in boat construction and development. Vice president of operations at the Panama Canal, Manuel Benites, says they have verified the quality of boats built by SIMA, and has declared them to be of high quality and on par to shipyards around the world, [...]
Peru may become the largest producer of wind energy in Latin America
LIMA – Renewable energy expert, Alberto Rios, from the European University of Madrid has said that Peru will be one of the largest wind energy producers in Latin America. by Carolina Leseigneur Rios was speaking at a wind farm integration seminar in Lima this week, organized by CONCYTEC. Three new wind farms are planned for [...]
T-Solar continues its international expansion with the construction of 61 MW in India and Peru
MADRID, SPAIN – The T-Solar Group, a major solar-PV power generator world-wide, is continuing its international expansion with the construction of a further 61 MW in Peru and India. The group, which already has over 230 MW under operation and construction in Spain, Italy, India and Peru, has just brought its first PV power plant [...]