Antunez de Mayolo (Mantaro) — Peru

Antunez de Mayolo (Mantaro) is a 798 MW hydro power station in Huancavelica, Peru. It is operated by Electroperú S. A.. Based on reported annual generation of 5,441 GWh, it can supply roughly 1.6 million homes. It ranks #3 of 40 Peru power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1978, it is around 48 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 56.1% of Peru's electricity; the national grid averages 238 gCO₂/kWh (63.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022054.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000603125; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 798 MW, Antunez de Mayolo (Mantaro) is well above the median hydro plant in Peru (152 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Load factor

78%, from 5,441 GWh of reported generation; the median for 14 hydro plants in Peru that report generation is 73%

Share of Peru hydro capacity

29.0% of 2,748 MW across 14 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

6 of 13 dated hydro plants in Peru are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Peru

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Electroperú S. A..

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 12.5°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 32% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 69/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest hydro power plant of 14 in Peru by capacity.

Peru has 14 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 2,748 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Restitucion · Hydro · 210 MW · Huancavelica
• El Platanal · Hydro · 220 MW · Lima
• Chimay · Hydro · 152 MW · Junin
• Huanchor · Hydro · 20 MW · Lima
• Matucana · Hydro · 120 MW · Lima
• YuncÁn · Hydro · 130 MW · Pasco

Location

Coordinates -12.4644, -74.7865 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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