Oslo, 16 July 2021: Scatec and Equinor are pleased to announce that the 117 MW solar power plant in Argentina is now in commercial operation. The Guanizuil IIA plant is in the Province of
The Cauchari solar project in Argentina''s northernmost province Jujuy is one of the biggest photovoltaic (PV) solar power projects in South America. Located at an elevation of more than 4km above the sea level,
The Guanizuil solar plant in Argentina starts commercial operation. July 16, 2021 Stock exchange notice. Oslo, 16 July 2021: Scatec and Equinor are pleased to announce that the 117 MW solar power plant in
Figure 2 shows the distribution of the currently contributing PV power plants (white dots) over Argentina´s territory, where each dot groups the PV plants found in each of the provinces where PV installations are operative,
Listed below are the five largest active solar PV power plants by capacity in Argentina, according to GlobalData’s power plants database. GlobalData uses proprietary data and analytics to provide a complete picture of the global solar PV power segment. Buy the latest solar PV plant profiles here. 1. PS Guanizuil II A Solar PV Park
Solar PV capacity accounted for 13.0% of total power plant installations globally in 2022, according to GlobalData, with total recorded solar PV capacity of 1,109GW. This is expected to contribute 30% by the end of 2030 with capacity of installations aggregating up to 4,002GW. Of the total global solar PV capacity, 0.10% is in Argentina.
More than half of the country’s solar power capacity (766 MW) is located in the northwestern provinces of Argentina, including Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán and Catamarca; another 40% (512 MW) is provided by power plants from the Cuyo region, which encompasses the provinces of San Juan, La Rioja, Mendoza and San Luis in the west of the country.
Argentina has sharply accelerated the rate of bringing its solar power plants into operation. According to the national electricity operator CAMMESA, the capacity of photovoltaic panels put on stream nationwide went from 33 megawatts (MW) in 2022 to 262 MW in 2023.
New figures from Cammesa, the state-owned company that manages Argentina's wholesale electricity market, show that solar accounted for 3.1% of total national generating capacity at the end of December 2023.
Despite the success of this project, and the fact that Argentina is considered an ideal location for PV development, the country produces almost none of its energy from PV. The energy mix from 2019 showed that Argentina used 89% fossil fuels, 3.9% hydroelectric, 2.8% nuclear, and the remaining encompassed all other sources of energy creation.
