Only 5% of Argentina’s electricity comes from solar, wind energy

The generation of energy from renewable sources grew in recent years. The goals set forth in the law were not met, but official sources are estimated in 2021, 15% of the electricity will be renewable. The greatest growth was in wind power and solar energy. In October 2015, during the mandate of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a new promotion law for the development of renewable energy was enacted, which was implemented by the government of Mauricio Macri and established what are (and what are not) renewable sources of energy and set goals and deadlines for compliance that were not met. Was it really advanced in this area, which the management of Cambiemos drove? What are the sources of renewable energy? solar, photovoltaic and solar thermal energy, the group of bios (biomass, biogas and biofuels, which refers to the use of forest, agricultural and livestock waste) and Small hydroelectric uses. On this last group, the legislation is very clear: only those power plants whose power is less than 50 megawatts of power (MV) are considered renewable hydroelectric sources.