A 2008 law requires that 5%, or 800MW, of Peru’s energy come from renewable sources, and an energy tender had been scheduled for last year.

But Pedro Sanchez, who became energy minister late in 2008, put a stop to all planned renewable tenders last year, saying energies such as wind were unstable and expensive, according to his former vice-minister of energy, Pedro Gamio Aita.

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