The country’s president Evo Morales inaugurated the 3MWpilot plant in Cochabamba yesterday.

It uses a pair of 1.5MW Goldwind turbines and will be run byHydroChina, which provided EPC services at the project for the Boliviangovernment.

Morales said the event was “a historic day” for the SouthAmerican nation and revealed plans to boost Bolivia’s wind capacity to 20MW bythe end of next year.