The renewable electricity that will supply the Famaillá Industrial Complex will come from the Los Olivos Wind Farm, part of the Central Puerto group.
The park, located southwest of Córdoba Province in the Río Cuarto department, is in an advanced stage of construction and will have an installed capacity of 22.8 MW. "In this way, San Miguel will be doubling, five years ahead of schedule, the target set by Law No. 27,191 on Renewable Energies, which requires that by 2025, 20% of electricity demand be supplied with clean sources produced in Argentina," highlighted Paula Marincioni , Global Manager of Environment, Safety and Health at San Miguel.
The volume of electricity from renewable sources will be acquired in the Renewable Energy Term Market ("MATER") and corresponds to 8,700 MWh per year, equivalent to 40% of the plant's electricity consumption.
To achieve this, the company launched a bidding process through the Conecto Energía platform, Argentina's first digital energy marketplace.
The winning supplier in this process was CP Los Olivos SAU, with whom the company is signing a 10-year contract starting in January 2020.
The wind farm represented an investment of 30 million dollars by Central Puerto.
Two hundred people are working on its construction and the renewable energy it generates will be available from January 2020.
“We are very proud to be part of this project, which represents a new milestone in the transformation of our country’s energy matrix,” said Rubén Vázquez , Renewable Energy Manager at Central Puerto. About San Miguel: From Tucumán, San Miguel packs 2.5 million boxes of fruit annually, while also processing up to 300,000 tons of lemons to produce juice, pulp, oil, and peel—products used as inputs in the value chain of more than 100 mass-consumption products.
With nearly 10,000 productive hectares in various origins (Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa and Peru), San Miguel supplies more than 300 clients in 80 countries.
The company processes 400,000 tons of citrus fruit annually and exports more than 150,000 tons of fresh fruit.