First is building and buying talent to power National Grid's IT transformation, which includes digitizing the grid and connecting it to a wide range of internet of thing (IoT) sensors and devices and to the host of emerging renewable energy sources such as solar. First is building and buying talent to power National Grid's IT transformation, which includes digitizing the grid and connecting it to a wide range of internet of thing (IoT) sensors and devices and to the host of emerging renewable energy sources such as solar. A group of NAIT students travelled to Peru in May to install solar panels and set up internet in a remote community. (Submitted by Kevin Jacobson) In the southern part of Peru, deep in the Andes Mountains, a small village nestled in the remote community of Pallccapampa is now connected to the world. In May 2023, Gavin Moses joined 22 other NAIT students and three instructors in making a groundbreaking contribution to a remote region of southern Peru. Pallccapampa is a farming community of 120 people located in the Andes mountains at an elevation of 4,330 metres – higher than Alberta's tallest. The previous edition of the Decarbonisation Quarterly (2025 Q1), featured an insight on the evolution of the electricity grid in Peru. With comparable reliance on hydropower and natural gas, the country's grid emission factor has averaged 0. (Image: Gobierno Regional de San Martín) In July 2019, a massive new fibre-optic network was announced in Peru, promising to provide internet access to nearly 1 million residents in the. Access to electricity has increased from 45% in 1990 to 96. These improvements were made possible through privatizations following reforms initiated in 1992.