The village in Peru that lives in the dark next to a gorgeous solar plant

Every morning, Rosa Chami wakes up the flames licked on cardboard scraps in a temporary stove in her courtyard.

Once the box she brought home was 800,000 high-tech solar panels. Now, they set her on fire.

Between 2 and 3 Between, the panel was installed at two grand solar plants in the Makgua region of Peru, about 1.5 km south of the capital Lima. Together, they make the largest solar complex in the country – and the largest one in the Latin America.

In the small habitat of Papa Clamese, her home can see the rows of panels shining under the white white floodlights. The Rube plant is only 600 meters away.

Yet her house and the rest of her village – remain in the dark, it decreases in plants that are not related to the grid.

No 150 residents of PPA Clamesei have access to the national energy grid.

Ruba operators, Orezine, have donated some solar panels, but most cannot afford the batteries and converters they need to work. At night, they use the torch – or just live in the dark.

The contradiction is amazing: the Rube Solar Energy project produces about 440 grams of the year, which is sufficient to supply 351,000 houses to the power. Mokgua, where the plant is located, is an ideal site for solar energy, which gets 3,200 hours of sunlight every year than many countries.

And in a country currently experienced renewable energy, this contradiction has intensified.

In 2024 alone, renovation increased by 96%of electricity generation. Solar and Pawan energy depends more on copper due to its high conductivity-and Peru is the second largest productive in the world.

“In Peru, this system was built around the profit. No attempt was made to add the area with sparse populations,” Carlos Gordillo, an energy expert at Santa Maria University in Aravipa, explains.

Orezen says he has fulfilled his responsibility.

BBC’s Spanish-speaking service BBC News Mundo, BBC News Mundo, BBC News Mundo said, “We have joined the government project to bring electricity to Pandpa Clamesey.

Freigle adds that about 4,000 meters of underground cable were installed to provide a power line in the village. He says the investment of $ 800,000 has been completed.

But the lights have not yet come.

The final step – connecting the new line to individual homes – this is the responsibility of the government. According to the plan, the Ministry of Mine and Energy must wir about two kilometers. Work was scheduled to start in March 2025, but it did not start.

BBC News Mundo tried to contact the Ministry of Mining and Energy but did not respond.

There are no sockets in a small house in the day.

Every day, she walks in the village, hopes that someone can leave a little electricity to charge your phone.

“It is necessary,” she says, explaining that she needs a device to stay in touch with her family near Bolivia’s border.

One of the few people who can help is Ruban Pongo. In his large house – with Patio and many rooms – a group of spacked chickens for the roof space between solar panels.

He says, “The company donated solar panels to most villagers.” But I had to buy batteries, converters and cables myself – and pay for installation. “

Ruben’s other is just a dream: a fridge. But it only lasts 10 hours a day and on cloudy days, not at all.

He helped to create a ruby plant and then worked to maintain the panel. Today, he manages the warehouse and the company has motivated the company to work despite being on the road.

Peruvian law is prohibited from crossing the PAN-American highway at the base.

From its roof, the Ruben’s glowing buildings point to the cluster of these buildings.

He says, “This is a plant substation.” Looks like a small town. “

At the beginning of the 2000, residents settled in the Pumpa Clamesey. Among them, Pedro, now 70. He has almost seen the growth of the 000, 5-panel Ruby plant at his door.

Most of the village has been made from the material that was dumped from the plant. Pedro says that their beds have come from scrap wood.

There is no water system, no sewage, no waste collection. The village had 500 residents once, but most people are left due to the rare infrastructure -especially between the country (or the continent) all the country (or in the continent).

“Sometimes, after stopping for so long, you think you are going to die by fighting for water and electricity. That’s it. That’s it.” He says.

The last part of the day hurry to her aunt’s house in the hope of catching it. Tonight, she is cooking dinner for a small group of neighbors who share the meal.

In the kitchen, the gas stove heat a kettle. Their only light is a solar-proof flashlight. Dinner is sweet tea and fried flour.

Rosa says, “We eat what we can keep at room temperature.

Without refrigeration, it is difficult to store protein rich substances.

The fresh product needs to run a 40-minute bus to Moluga-if they can afford it.

“But we do not have the money to get a bus every day.”

Due to lack of electricity, many in Latin America risk the risk of respiratory illness.

Residents in Papa Clamesey use gas when they can afford – when the wood cannot.

They pray through the torchlight for food, shelter and water, then eat quietly. At 7pm, their final activity is. No phone. No TV.

Rosa says, “Our only light is a small torch.” They don’t show much, but at least we can see the beds. “

“If we have electricity, people will come back,” says Pedro. “We stayed because we had no choice. But the light we could make the future.”

The soft wind is shaking the road in the desert, lifting the sand. Waiting for installation, a layer of dust is stable on the lampst on the main plaza. Or Windhs are indicating that the evening is coming – and soon, no light will be.

For those who do not have solar panels like Rosa and Pedro, the darkness spreads until sunrise. They hope that the government will make a law one day.

Like many nights before, they prepare for the second evening without light.

But why do they still live here?

“Because of the sun,” Rosa answers without hesitation.

“Here, we always have the sun.”