Promotion of Renewable Sources of Energy for Electricity Production

Country	Argentina
Year Implemented	2007
Policy Status	In force
Date Announced	2003
Date Effective	1 January 2007
Agency	•Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Services and Investments-National Secretariat of Energy
Policy Type	•Incentives/Subsidies   •Feed-in Tariffs •Policy Processes   •Enhancement of Existing Policy
Policy Target	•Multiple Renewable Energy Sources   •Power
Policy Sector	•Electricity
Description	Superseding National Law Nr. 25.019 to promote wind energy, Law Nr. 26.190 provides feed-in tariffs for the producion of energy from all renewable sources: - EUR 0.22 /kWh (ARS 0.9 /kWh) for photovoltaic - EUR cent 0.37 / kWh (ARS 0.015/kWh) for wind - EUR cent 0.37 /kWh (ARS 0.015 /kWh) for other sources: geothermal energy, tidal energy, biomass, biogas and small-scale hydropower with ratings up to 30 MW. The period of entitlement is 15 years. The law underscores the political intention to create jobs by promoting the use of renewable energy sources and to increase the national and regional net outputs by using domestic products. The law also sets the aim of raising the share of renewable energies to eight percent of the national electricity mix by the end of 2016.
URL	energia.mecon.gov.ar
Legal References	National Law Nr. 26,190