The inauguration ceremony brought together company president Jorge Brito, CEO Bernardo Andrews, San Juan governor Marcelo Orrego, and Sarmiento mayor Alfredo Castro alongside national and provincial authorities. Brito emphasized the company’s long-term investment strategy, noting that Genneia has deployed more than $2 billion over the past decade to surpass 1.7 GW of renewable capacity across nine provinces. The executive framed San Juan Sur as part of the company’s effort to position itself as a strategic partner for mining development, citing Argentina’s opportunity to leverage natural resources alongside increasingly clean energy supply.
The project will supply large industrial users through the Renewable Energy Term Market (MATER), a mechanism enabling direct contracts between corporations and renewable generators. Genneia reported the facility will produce electricity equivalent to the consumption of approximately 90,000 households while avoiding 160,000 tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions. During peak construction, the project generated around 300 jobs.
The mining sector focus reflects Cuyo’s concentration of metalliferous projects requiring substantial electricity volumes and facing mounting pressure to reduce operational carbon footprints. San Juan Sur complements Genneia’s existing provincial installations at Ullum and Tocota, consolidating the company’s renewable supply capacity in a region where mining activity drives industrial energy demand. Governor Orrego characterized the private investment as a confidence signal in the province’s productive potential and conditions for large-scale project development.
At national level, Genneia operates eight wind parks and seven solar facilities with total renewable capacity exceeding 1,785 MW. The company supplies more than 100 corporate clients through MATER contracts and has issued over $1.28 billion in green bonds to finance expansion. With San Juan Sur online, the company concentrates 24% of Argentina’s installed renewable capacity, including 21% of wind capacity and 26% of solar capacity.
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