According to preliminary estimates issued by Peru’s Ministry of Energy, Peru’s unconventional renewable energy generated 238 GWh of national electricity in June, as the total power generation from wind, solar and bio-energy power plants fell by 8.4% year-on-year.

According to the Ministry's data, the share of non-traditional renewable energy in total production in June was 5.0%, which was lower than the 5.4% estimated in May and 6.5% in June 2020.

In June 2021, hydropower production capacity reached 2,260GWh, a year-on-year increase of 1%. In the first half of this year, hydropower cumulatively reached 17,979GWh, a year-on-year increase of 2%.

In June, natural gas power generation reached 2.75GWh, a year-on-year increase of 44%. From January to June, natural gas power generation reached 8363GWh, a year-on-year increase of 54%. Diesel/coal/waste power generation reached 152GWh in June, an increase of 89% year-on-year, and the cumulative power generation from January to June reached 559GWh, an increase of 4% year-on-year.

However, wind power generation reached 134GWh in June, a year-on-year decrease of 18%, but from the first half of the year, the cumulative wind power reached 864GWh, a year-on-year increase of 7%.