Argentina

The two production facilities will be located in the northern province of Mendoza and will provide the modules for PV projects developed under the Renovar program.

In Argentina’s new renewable energy tender, solar came in second with the quota of 450 MW.

The exemption will relate to purchasing, manufacturing and importing of components to build renewable energy power projects.

The Parliament’s Committee for Energy and Fuels has reached an agreement for a unified text of the net metering scheme that is expected to finally support residential and commercial PV and other distributed generation renewable sources across the country.

The solar venture will be created via a $40 million investment and will employ more than 150 people during its construction phase, the Argentinian province of Nueva Rioja has confirmed.

A draft of the new rules was submitted to public consultation by the Argentinean government. The new regulation, if implemented, would authorize the sale of power to large industrial power consumers by direct agreement.

Following on the progress of 300 MW of solar projects in Cauchari, the province of Jujuy has announced another gigawatt of solar PV to be installed in the northern region.

A delegation of Argentina’s Ministry of Finance has met with representatives of the Chinese government to discuss, among other things, the financing of the 300 MW solar project selected in the first national renewable energy tender of the RenovAr program.

The French independent power producer is planning the construction of a 200 MW solar facility in the Argentinean province of Tucumán.

The World Bank will promote the development of large-scale renewable energy and solar projects across Argentina with a $ 480 million guarantee. The funds will be used to support projects being implemented under the country’s RenovAr program for renewable energies.