wind power

The country is on track to meet its 2035 solar and wind power targets five years ahead of schedule, the IEA said.

Solar and wind power, meanwhile, don’t yet come close to making the island self-sufficient.

He said wind power has been subsidised for 33 years and solar for 25 years.

Solar and wind power depend heavily on copper due to its high conductivity – and Peru is the world's second-largest producer.

“Because then, as the technology costs go down their regular cost curve — like sun and wind power have, like batteries have — we’re going to start to find people adopting this technology.”