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Argentina Awards AlmaGBA Battery Contracts to Strengthen Buenos Aires Grid

Private companies will finance and run the storage under distributor contracts backed by CAMMESA as guarantor.

Overview

  • Energy Resolution 361/2025 formalizes awards for roughly 650–667 MW of battery storage across 10 projects in critical AMBA nodes.
  • The winners include Central Puerto, YPF Luz, Genneia, Coral Energía, Aluar, MSU Green Energy and Rowing, with contracts to be signed by Edenor and Edesur.
  • The package represents just over US$540 million in investment, with systems expected to enter service in 12–18 months, targeting readiness by summer 2027.
  • Five additional qualified projects totaling 222 MW were invited to accept a reference price of US$12,591 per MWh-month within five business days.
  • The initiative is designed to shave peak demand and cut outage risk with up to four hours of discharge per cycle, forming a short‑term complement to planned transmission expansions and with cost recovery passed through to users.