Construction works for hydro

In rural parts of Peru, utilities are often not yet in place. As a result, there is no light after dark, severely hampering economic activity and development. In the lowlands of the Andes, hydropower is the ideal way to generate energy on a small scale. In order to set up a sustainable project, the infrastructure of the hydro project must be designed in such a way that it can withstand the erratic climate.

In collaboration with the local government of Chirinos, Humasol is providing for the construction of a hydroelectric turbine, which will supply electricity to 20 families. Construction of this started in 2015 and will continue in 2016. The first part of the assignment is therefore the completion and start-up of this installation. After the start-up of the hydroelectric turbine, the installation will be monitored in detail, in order to map the operation of the turbine in detail. By analysing each component in operation, a sustainability analysis can be made, and the operational cost of the installation can be determined. This can be used to anticipate future problems, and a user manual can be drawn up to convey the maintenance and points of attention of the installation in a concete way to the local population. In addition to the installation near Chirinos, a similar sustainability analysis will also be applied to the hydro installations that were built by Humasol in the past, in order to determine the behaviour of the installation after it had been active for several years.