Argentina's share of electricity from renewable sources is only 5%, less than half the target

According to the latest report by Argentina's electricity regulator CAMMESA, only 5.
4% of Argentina's electricity comes from renewable sources, which is nearly a twofold increase from 2% in December 2017, but still far below the target
.

According to the Argentine government's plan, by 2017, 8% of the country's electricity should come from renewable sources, and this figure will increase to 12% by 2019, 16% by 2021, 18% by 2023 and 20% by 2025
.

This development target was approved
in 2013-14.
Finally, the relevant laws and regulations were adopted
at the end of 2015.

Argentina's energy ministry said, "According to the government's goals, we are far
apart.
In the future, we will accelerate the bidding process, increase the scale of the tender, and promote the implementation of incentive measures to achieve the target
by 2021.
”

According to Cammesa, wind and solar were the fastest
growing in the past two years.
The installed wind capacity was 227 MW in 2017, which grew to 750 MW in 2018 and 1,017 MW
in 2019.

For solar, this variable increased from 8 MW in 2017 to 191 MW in 2018 and 330 MW
in 2019.
Small hydropower use has remained stable in recent years, approaching 500 MW, but growth has been low
.
In the case of biomass, there is less
development due to the higher price.
To some extent, the growth of wind and solar sources is explained by the fact that prices are more competitive, even lower than those of
the general power system.