Peru and Europe reinforce energy cooperation through GET.invest and GET.transform
13 October 2026 | Peru and European partners have launched a newly expanded action to accelerate investment in clean energy and electrical infrastructure, with a particular focus on strengthening the country’s energy system and advancing interconnection in the SINEA region (covering Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru).
‘Promoting European Energy Investments in Peru and SINEA’ brings together Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), GET.invest and its sister programme GET.transform. The initiative is funded by the European Union and Germany and will run through June 2028 under the EU’s Global Gateway strategy. It is being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through GET.pro, the European multi-donor platform hosting GET.invest and GET.transform.
For GET.invest, the new window (established in April 2026) will focus on building a Global Gateway-aligned investment pipeline and supporting bankable projects in renewable energy, transmission, storage and interconnection. By providing tailored advisory support, market intelligence and matchmaking between European and local investors, developers and financiers, the action will help turn Peru’s clean energy potential into concrete opportunities. In turn, GET.transform has already been active in Peru since 2021, and will continue supporting the MINEM on energy planning and the power system operator COES on integrating renewable energy.
“The energy transition opens up a wide range of opportunities for generation, transmission and storage projects” emphasised Peru’s Minister for Energy and Mines, Guillermo Shinno Huamaní. “We want European companies to find Peru a reliable partner with clear rules, a solid institutional framework, and a long-term vision for energy development.”
The event in Lima highlighted which conditions private companies see as essential for investment: adequate transmission capacity, supporting infrastructure, predictable regulation and more efficient procedures.
The complementary support from GET.invest and GET.transform will help advance bankable frameworks and projects. By helping address project-development and financing challenges, GET.invest will contribute to improving investment readiness and creating the conditions for greater private-sector participation in Peru’s clean energy and electrical infrastructure.
As the Director for the Americas of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Pelayo Castro, underscored, “Peru occupies a unique position to advance in Andean electricity integration, which is why today it is possible to think about progressively building a truly regional energy space.”
Underscoring the strength of cross-border collaboration and the reinforced Peru-EU ties, Sabine Bloch, German Ambassador to Peru, said: “Together, cooperation goes beyond aid. It becomes investment, innovation, and mutual benefit.”
Katja Kammerer, GIZ ConoSur Resident Director for Argentina, Chile, and Peru, further explained, “The combination of GET.transform and GET.invest aims to bridge two gaps: between a public priority and a procedure that works, and between an opportunity and a project ready to secure financing.”
The action reflects a shared ambition by the two programmes to turn Peru’s renewable energy potential into concrete investments in generation, transmission and storage while building a more reliable, sustainable and interconnected energy system.