Due to the inaction of the company, Nación canceled a solar project | Cuyo Newspaper

The project was awarded by the Renovar 1.5 program to Soenergy International in November 2016 and consisted of the construction of a solar park at Media Agua, Sarmiento, which was to supply 35 MW to the power grid. Yesterday, the initiative suffered a serious blow when it was known that the nation canceled the contract because until then it had not advanced at all in its development. In addition to the San Juan project, the Ministry of Energy that runs Javier Iguacel has lowered his thumb to Wind Reta Wind Park, in Tres Arroyos (Buenos Aires), for the same "repeated violations of winning companies", published by various media. National

Provincial Energy State Society (EPSE) confirmed that they received the notice of cancellation of the contract and admitted that there was no progress in the works during all this time, but added that they do not know the reasons for being a private company. "" These are not projects related to the province, with EPSE, we are in the case of finding out what are the reasons that lead to this situation, "said yesterday the president of the state company, Víctor Doña As this is the first time Argentina has implemented this renewable energy scholarship program, it is unclear whether the quota remains free for San Juan and may be replaced by another. Interested "substitute" who was excluded from the bidding appeal at the time.It is also possible that the sanctioned businessmen may appeal the measure.All these doubts will be dissipated in the coming weeks.Not to cause discomfort, in the local area the measure has dropped well, "" they are taking cortitos "projects for what they are advancing as they were engaged, said qualified sources. The Nation controls in renewable energy projects Renewal project, start construction, accredit the arrival of the last team and the commercial authorization.

Sarmiento Solar Park was awarded in the early towers of Renovar, in a batch of seven San Juan projects (see infographic) in the departments of Ullum, Sarmiento, Albardón and Iglesia.All of them were going to require a private investment of $ 270 million, and they were going to contribute to 213 MW of electric power, 44% of the total San Juan demand that usually reaches in the Summer Naps 480 MW The province, in the call for tenders Renew 1.5, had reached 23% of the 926 MW allocated throughout the country, later in the renewal 2; or with 3 projects include 272 MW of solar energy, or 34% of the total 816 that were distributed in Argentina. The fall of the Soenergy project does not move much the needle, since only 35 MW remains.

In EPSE explained that the rest of the initiatives is in good health, being at different stages of construction (see box). Of the seven projects, four are in partnership with EPSE: Ullum 1, 2 and 3 initially awarded to 360 Energy and are now developed by Genneia SA. The fourth is a small, Colway Industrial.

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The remaining six projects awarded in 2016 are at different stages. The most advanced is the solar park Las Lomitas, located in Albardón, which was already built and which is about to start producing solar electricity and inject it into the integrated national system. here a month or two. Other ongoing projects are the three Genneia projects in Ullum (see photo) that were visited by Governor Uñac last week on the occasion of the inauguration of an extension of the solar park. the state of San Juan located right next door. Behind this plant is to begin construction of the Ullum 4 Solar Park, in the hands of Colway Industrial. Then, in Church, another solar park advance that began a few months ago the Chinese holding Jinkosolar, located at the estancia Guañizuil, in Iglesia