On September 21st, 22nd and 23rd, the Argentina International Renewable Energy Congress, AIREC 2016, was held at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires. The congress welcomed 400 attendees, 60 speakers and 30 sponsors, including Ingener.

The overall aim of the conference was to bring together all the key industry players to discuss and explore new business opportunities in the region and to provide detailed and updated information on the market situation.

“The new energy policy of the Argentine government that promotes the incorporation of 10 GW in the next 10 years by means of the RenovAr program and, in particular, the first bid for power generation from renewable energy sources have generated great interest among international companies linked to the energy sector, and this interest was noticable at the event,” says Ingener’s Commercial Manager, Diego Invernizzi. He adds that “the tenders for the first bid, which auctioned more than 6,000 MW, were submitted on September 5th, and contracts are expected to be awarded before the end of the year.”

“At Ingener, we feel very enthusiastic about these new opportunities in Argentina. We have set ourselves the goal of capitalizing on our experience gained in Uruguay; we are actively working towards it by undertaking EPC contracts for the construction of wind farms, photovoltaic power stations and the necessary high voltage substations for grid connections,” says Invernizzi.