Peru will call bids to build and operate two gas-fired power plants in the Amazon jungle on May 10, state news agency Andina reported.

A unit of Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA and the groups Energias del Peru and Servicios Integrales de Energia have qualified to bid for the 20-year power plant concessions, which will generate a combined 68 megawatts in the cities of Pucallpa and Puerto Maldonado, the agency said.

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