Argentina Clean-Power Auction Attracts Proposals for 6 Gigawatts
- Wind farms represent more than half of the auction’s bids
- 60 percent of the country’s capacity come from fossil fuels
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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.
Wind farms accounted for more than half, or 3,478 megawatts of capacity, according to Sebastian Kind, undersecretary for renewable energy at the Argentina’s Energy Ministry. Solar projects represented 2,834 megawatts, while biogas and biomas each had 53 megawatts.