Chaglla Hydroelectric Power Plant

Chaglla Hydroelectric Power Plant

“The Chaglla Hydroelectric Power Plant, set to be the second-tallest concrete-faced dam in the world and the third largest hydro project in Peru, benefits from such external expertise. At US$1.2 billion, the project is being built by Brazilian energy group Odebrecht Energia, aided by a US$150 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. The facility features a 199 meter-high dam, a 466 hectare reservoir, a 1 kilometer-long diversion tunnel, and hydroelectric generation facilities. Its installed power of 406 MW enables it to provide approximately 13 percent of the country’s installed hydropower, reducing CO2 emissions by 467,000 tonnes annually” (KPMG).

The report also indicates that worldwide small-scale hydropower (less than 50 MW) accounts for 211,000 direct and indirect jobs and large-scale hydropower 1,519,000 direct and indirect jobs.