Argentina’s solar sector is entering a new phase, writes pv magazine’s Luis Ini. As the country’s installed PV capacity nears 2.6 GW, demand is growing. This stems from the mining sector, projects connected to distribution grids, the upturn in self-consumption following tariff rises, and the first national tenders for large-scale battery storage. However, the market remains constrained by two structural limitations: transmission capacity and access to finance.
Argentina’s solar industry has had to adapt since the RenovAR renewable energy public procurement program was shuttered in 2025. Reliance on large, centralized tenders has been replaced with private sector contracts. RenovAR launched in 2016 and ran four successful tenders, adding new clean capacity into Argentina’s wholesale electricity market and renewable energy futures market (known …
