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Aug 26-28, 2020. GREENMAP's team members participated as speakers in the cycle of webinars about "Best practices to promote the development of renewable energy" organized by OLADE
Jun, 2019. GREENMAP's CEO, Sebastian Kind, has recently received the Climate Breakthrough Project Award 2019
Argentina May Be the Hottest Renewable Energy Market You Haven’t Heard Of. Can It Spur a Global Boom?
An innovative approach unlocked Argentina’s renewable energy market, making it “the most interesting in the world” in just three years. And now, the approach could open the door to billions in renewable investment in developing nations worldwide.
Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI)
After entering Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index for the first time in 2017, Argentina rose to eleventh globally and first in Latin America during 2019.
Vestas to have assembly base in Argentina
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems said on Tuesday it will establish a hub and nacelle assembly facility in Argentina amid plans to grow its presence in the country.
RenovAr (Argentina): Scaling ‘Express Edition’
The intervention on Argentina’s Renewable Energy Auction (RenovAr) was a short-lived but extremely effective engagement to respond to the needs of a client—in this case, the Government of Argentina. Its target: to produce 20% of Argentina’s electricity from renewable sources.
Argentina Awards 1,408.7 MW to Renewable Energy Projects
Argentina aims to cover 20% of its power demand with renewables by 2025.
Renewable Energies, the Rock Star of Investments in Argentina
Offers received in the context of Round 2 were 4-fold over the ones received at the Round 1 and exceeded 8 times the capacity demanded initially.
After Decades of Deep Crisis, Argentina Supports Renewable Energies
The future arrived long time ago hand with hand of renewable energy, but the country realizes just recently.
A New Dawn: Argentina Taps Into Its Renewable Energy Potential
Argentina has some of Latin America’s most abundant renewable energy resources—steady winds in southern Patagonia, year-round sunshine in the remote northwest, and hydropower and biomass fed by rivers and expansive farmland.
Argentina Plans Energy Auctions to Drive $7 Billion Investment
Argentina´s energy auctions expected to attract as much as $7 billion in investments as president Mauricio Macri seeks to boost generating capacity for both conventional and renewable power plants.
World Bank/Argentina: Promoting Private Investment in Renewable Energy
To achieve the target of 20% of energy consumption originating from renewable energy in Argentina by 2025, the World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$ 480 million guarantee to promote private investment in the sector.
Argentina Strongly Committed to Renewables
The country has committed to at least increase 4-fold renewables share in the energy mix in the period 2015-2019.
Green Climate Fund approves US$133mn Argentina energy loan
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, approved a US$133mn loan to foment private investment in sustainable energy in Argentina.
Argentina Clean-Power Auction Attracts Proposals for 6 Gigawatts
Renewable energy developers in Argentina applied to sell 6,366 megawatts of power in an October auction, more than six times the amount the government plans to sell.
World Bank's IFC sees investor interest in Argentina renewables
The International Finance Corporation, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank, expects to make investments of around $800 million in Argentina through December, citing particular investor interest in the country’s renewable energy sector.
Catalyzing private investment in sustainable energy in Argentina
Argentina is endeavoring to introduce renewable energy generation at a similar scale to that of other Latin American countries.
