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The Ministry of Production and Economic Development of the San Juan province, in Argentina, has announced that in the last 18 months it has provided loans at a subsidized rate to invest in energy efficiency systems for a total of 242,599,807 pesos, of which 202,848,844 pesos were invested in solar panels. In the last year and a half, the government of the province of San Juan, in the central west of Argentina, has delivered 242,599,807 pesos (850,673 dollars, according to the current official exchange rate) in energy efficiency systems. of which 202,848,844 pesos (711,287 dollars) were investments for the purchase of solar panels and 39,750,963 (139,386 dollars) in electrical installations. In an official statement, it is reported from the Ministry of Production and Economic Development of San Juan that 25 companies in the province have benefited from this line of credit. The information adds that the productive sectors benefited are related to: agriculture, livestock, forestry, manufacturing industry, retail trade, wholesale and repairs, construction, social and health services, transportation, storage and communications services, social and personal community services. It is also underlined that in order to obtain these results, the Ministry of Production and Economic Development carried out an awareness-raising process with producers about the benefits and advantages that photovoltaic energy offers in their operations. In this sense, it is described that last year “workshops and talks were held to provide detailed information on the technical and economic aspects related to the implementation of these systems; highlighting the impact of tariff schemes, the possibility of reducing energy costs and, in addition, contributing to sustainable production”. Thus, it is pointed out that the fundamental step was financial assistance to producers interested in adopting photovoltaic energy technologies. For this, agreements are mentioned with the monetizing entities of the province, as well as with financial organizations such as the Federal Investment Council (CFI) and other banking entities, in addition to offering credits with a rate subsidized by the provincial government that are the most attractive on the market. |
