Wind
Wind is the country's main renewable source: 72 farms and 1,249 wind turbines with 4,558 MW (April 2026). The winds of Patagonia and southern Buenos Aires are among the best in the world.
4,558 MWof wind capacity (April 2026)
72farms and 1,249 wind turbines
1,999 MWin Buenos Aires: it already exceeds all of Patagonia (1,914)
Sources: UNGS (2019), Cámara Eólica Argentina (2022), Cámara de Generadores (2025) and Alpes Energy (2026).
Where and why
- Patagonia (Chubut, Santa Cruz, Río Negro, Neuquén): the strongest and most constant winds; farms achieve very high capacity factors by international standards. The limit is the 500 kV grid for bringing energy to the center of the country.
- Southern Buenos Aires (Bahía Blanca, Tornquist, Azul, Olavarría, Necochea): good wind and close to demand. In 2026 the province overtook Patagonia in installed capacity.
- Córdoba, La Rioja and La Pampa complete the map. In 2025 General Levalle (Córdoba) came online: 25 wind turbines of 6.2 MW, among the largest in the country.
- Machines have grown: the first RenovAr farms used 2 to 3.6 MW turbines; the new ones, 4 to 6.2 MW, with larger rotors and taller towers. That is why capacity grew 38% since 2022 with 30% more wind turbines.
Prices
The RenovAr tenders brought the price of wind energy down from about US$ 59 per MWh (round 1, 2016) to US$ 41 (round 2, 2017-2018). Today new farms sell their energy to industrial users under private MATER contracts.
What it means for a supplier
- A wind farm needs roads and assembly pads, large-volume concrete foundations, heavy-lift cranes (more than 100 m lift height), transport of blades over 70 m long, a substation and a line.
- Operation and maintenance: long-term contracts with manufacturers and local service companies.
Fuentes
Updated as of October 9, 2026. Anything to correct or add? Write to us.