Peru's share of renewable electricity fell to 4.9% in February

Peru's unconventional renewable energy generation was 216 GWh in February, down 2%
year-on-year, the Peruvian Ministry of Energy said in a report on preliminary data from the power sector.

Specifically, in February, natural gas power generation, diesel/coal/waste-to-energy, and combined heat and power and steam power generation fell significantly, falling by 11%, 15% and 13% respectively.
In addition, wind power generation and biomass energy fell by 8%
each.
However, solar power generation reached 64 GWh, an increase of 18%
year-on-year.

Despite the decline in production compared to February 2020, the total share of wind, solar and biomass reached 4.
9%
last month.
A year ago, renewables accounted for 4.
6%
of the 220 GWh of electricity generation.

However, the share of unconventional renewables in total production is still down from 5.
5% in January, as their total production fell by 20.
6%
month-on-month.