PERÚ - Observatory for Renewable Energy in Latin America and

Perú- Products I and II
Efraín Salas Valverde
Agro Industrial Paramonga S.A.A. – Project Manager
1. Which were the objectives to achieve
Having a cogeneration station that allows generating 150 000 MWh per year of
energy, delivering enough steam for the elaboration of sugar and using all the
bagasse and wastes of the sugar cane crop as fuel.
2. Which was the main reason to implement the project
The original purpose of the project was being self-sufficient in the generation of
electric power and having electricity surplus to commercialize it in the national
electricity market.
3. Which were the barriers to face to in the development of the project and how
could they be overcome
Economical and Financial
The implementation of the project needed other implementations like the
modernization of the plant: Installation of a boiler based on bagasse in the plant,
electrification of the sugar mill (change of steam turbines by electric motors) to
make viable the steam availability for the project, which was done in stages and
turning to the national financial system.
Normative and Regulatory
During the development of the project there were changes in cogeneration rules
that delay obtaining the generation concession with renewable energy resources
(RER).
Cogeneration was remunerated as an activity of electricity generation which was
improved with the RER concession.
Technological
Adaptation to change, it have been replaced in the plant equipment of a technology
of 50 years ago, in order to use state-of-the-art technologies at beginning of the
XXI century.
Other barriers (specifying)
In the country there is no experience of consultant companies that develop this kind
of projects, specifically with the use of biomass as a fuel for steam production.
4. Which positive aspects of the normative-regulatory frame were determining
for the decision to develop the project
During the development of the project it was created the normative frame for RER
generation promoting it trough incentives. In terms of the project, it will improve
the return of investment.
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