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SouthBayDem

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Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:13 PM 4 hrs ago

How cash-strapped Argentina became a bright spot for renewables - Zero: The Climate Race



Dec 19, 2025 Zero: The Climate Race
Despite endless financial difficulties, Argentina has seen a remarkable increase in clean energy over the past decade. It has gone from practically zero to almost 18% of its electricity sourced from renewables. In doing so, Argentina has overcome a challenge faced by many countries that are considered uninvestable by major financial institutions.
Sebastian Kind, former undersecretary at the ministry of energy in Argentina, joins Akshat Rathi on Zero to tell the story of Argentina’s renewables blitz.


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How cash-strapped Argentina became a bright spot for renewables - Zero: The Climate Race (Original Post) SouthBayDem 4 hrs ago OP
Solar is decentralized and labor (jobs) intensive. OAITW r.2.0 3 hrs ago #1

OAITW r.2.0

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1. Solar is decentralized and labor (jobs) intensive.
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 01:11 PM
3 hrs ago

From manufacturing to assembly to maintence to power management....it requires lots of human inputs.

Up here in Maine, I have solar with battery back up. Costs me $35/month to stay hooked up to the grid. In actuality, CMP is making $60/month on me as I dump an average of 500kw of energy back onto to the grid. And solar helps to delay infrastructure investment due to future increased power demand. Shareholders gotta like that.

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