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| (Courtesy CAI.gov) |
A new renewable energy tender in Argentina, Round 3 under the country's RenovAr programme, will be held in the second half of 2018, Energia Estrategica (in Spanish) reported this week.
According to sources cited by the publication, the sale of bidding documents will start in September and the process will be finalised by the year end.
Energy minister Juan Jose Aranguren has promised at a meeting that the tender will be launched between September and October, according to the article.
The size of Round 3 would be similar to that of Round 2, which sought 1,200 MW of capacity. A new thing would be the inclusion of geothermal technology with the participation of Copahue project, which would take part with 10 MW. As in the previous tender, there would be quotas for different regions and technologies.
It is expected that the signing of the 88 contracts awarded under Round 2 would be completed by mid-May.
From the Global Geothermal News archives:
- Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - Argentina: Exploration for Geothermal Resources in Andean Province Begins
- Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - Argentina: Exploration About to Begin at Socompa Volcanic Geothermal Project
- Monday, October 9, 2017 - Argentina: 1,500 MW of Geothermal Energy Could be Developed