Argentina adds 173 MW of renewables capacity in Q2 2023

Argentina enabled seven new renewable energy projects to reach commercial operation in the second quarter of 2023, adding 173.12 MW of installed capacity across the country, the energy secretariat said.

The April-June trimester saw the commissioning of two wind farms in Buenos Aires province, four solar photovoltaic plants in Cordoba and San Juan, and one landfill biogas thermal power plant in Santa Fe.

The wind farms are the 27-MW Pampa Energia III and the 18-MW El Mataco III. The solar farms are the 68.11-MW Zonda I, the 31.89-MW Zonda IB, the 17-MW Cura Brochero and the 8-MW Cura Brochero Ampliacion.

The biogas power plant brought 3.12 MW.

At the end of the second quarter, Argentina had 5,393 MW of installed renewable energy capacity across 202 operational plants.

In April, renewables met 14.8% of the total electricity demand. This percentage dropped to 13.8% in May and to 13% in June, the energy secretariat said, citing data from Argentine wholesale electricity market administrator CAMMESA.

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