Manuel Adorni, Milei’s chosen one to inaugurate the first RIGI project: a YPF solar park in Mendoza

The questioned Chief of Staff was main speaker: “It is very impressive. I myself announced the first RIGI project, it was this project, which also became the first inaugurated. The provinces are essential in development and that is why the RIGI is pure federalism.”

The energy park belongs to YPF Luz who invested 210 million dollars on a solar energy property that will reach a installed capacity of 305 MWa significant contribution to the Argentine Interconnection System (SADI).

The president of YPF, Horacio Marín, explained that the park will generate energy equivalent to the consumption of more than 233,000 Argentine homes. He said he will represent 11% of all renewable generation in the country and 40% of Mendoza’s renewable energies.

Governor Alfredo Cornejo (UCR), an ally of the libertarian government, awaited the presence of the minister Luis Caputo at the inauguration of the solar park, but the head of the Economy portfolio He got off at the last minute.

In any case, Caputo made an announcement expected by the Mendoza government. Through the social network X confirmed the approval of the RIGI for the San Jorge copper exploitation project, in Uspallata. The approved investment plan is 891 million dollars.

The Minister of Energy and Environment of Mendoza, Jimena Latorre, commented that El Quemado is the largest solar park in the country, surpassing the Caucharí park, in Jujuy. The official explained that Mendoza already reaches 700 megabytes of installed renewable generation power.

The El Quemado Photovoltaic Solar Park is located in the municipality of Las Heras, 53 kilometers from the city of Mendoza, and 13 km from the town of Jocolí, Lavalle.

The project developed together with EMESA (Mendoza energy company) is located in an area of ​​high radiation and is estimated to have a capacity factor of 31.4%.

In this first stage, it will have more than 518,000 state-of-the-art bifacial panels, installed on an area of ​​350 hectares.

The average electricity demand in Argentina during autumn business days ranges between 370 and 380 GWh per day. The El Quemado generation represents approximately 2.2 days of total consumption in the country.