SOLAR ARGENTINA is the first international fair for the photovoltaic, solar thermal and concentrating solar power industry in Argentina, and will take place from 3 to 5 July 2012 at La Rural, predio ferial de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Exhibition Center).

Since 2003, the GDP of Argentina has undergone average growth of 8% (7% in 2010, three times that of any European economy). According to a report from the Pew Environmental Group, in 2010, the South American country had the highest annual growth for installations using renewable energy (+568% compared to 2009), attracting 743 million dollars in clean energy investment.

And if the area of San Juan, with the biggest photovoltaic power plant in the country (1.2 MW) was the first to develop an incentive plan for the exploitation of solar energy, the administration of the city of Buenos Aires recently approved a new norm to promote the installation of photovoltaic on its territory. The programme will be supported by an information campaign and also includes the installation of plants on public buildings... [Read more]