Argentina, China to conclude solar plant construction in mountainous province

xinhuanet.com Solar 2019-09-23 08:51:52

The construction of a photovoltaic plant with Chinese technology and equipment is soon to be concluded in the northwestern province of Salta, some 1,400 km from the capital Buenos Aires of Argentina.


The project, being built in the town of Cafayate, is set to be finished by the end of this year, and will have the capacity to meet the energy demand of approximately 300,000 families.


The photovoltaic plant will be Argentina's second largest after Cauchari solar park, which is located in the neighboring province of Jujuy and the largest in South America.


Led by the company POWERCHINA Ltd., Cafayate's project seeks to support the energy supply in the country's northwest, where access to electricity is limited given the region's geographical conditions. It also aims to support other local power plants in facilitating industrial activities.


With at least 290,000 solar panels distributed in a 300-hectare surface, Cafayate's plant will have a generating capacity of 100 MG potentially directed for domestic use.


"Normally, in Argentina, hydropower plants lead in energy production. These plants are located far away from the Argentinean northwest, because (here) there are very few water courses that can be used for that purpose," said Sebastian Lozano, Security and Environmental Officer of Cafayate.


"For that reason, it is very difficult and costly to bring electricity here from so far away, and that causes deficiencies in the energy supply," he said.


"One of the benefits of this project is that it is about the generation and production of very clean electric energy," Lozano stressed.


"Firstly, solar plants require very little intervention, unlike thermoelectric and hydroelectric plants. Secondly, the maintenance needed is very simple," he added.


According to its renewable energy law, Argentina has set the goal that 8% of the energy produced in the country will be from clean and renewable sources, an objective to which POWERCHINA Ltd. has contributed.


"I am convinced that the future of energy production is developing toward the use of clean natural resources. In this case, wind and solar power generation projects can lead us to reach this objective," Lozano said.


(Writing by Emma Yang  Editing by Tammy Yang)
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