As Vaca Muerta’s project seems to have become active again , we have interviewed Darío Andrés Díaz , mayor of Añelo, a town on the border with the shale . We asked him about the dynamics and needs of this growing town. Versión español What is it like to live in Añelo? What’s its social...
Por: Carlos Gentile Versión español We have spoken with the undersecretary of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of the Nation who carried out a competition for novel entrepreneus about sustainable and . conscious growth and outlined some future plans related to this issue . In addition , he put forward some outcomes of the Marrakech...
Versión español Many times when we speak of the oil sector, makes no mention of all the conglomerate of companies (large, medium and small) that accompany the extractive activity with their own products and services, that generate a very important plus to the regional economy. This is the case of Equipar Services SRL, a company with...
Version Español The distributed generation from renewable sources, whose regulation is being discussed by the Congress of the Nation, implies a revolutionary change in the model of generation, sale, distribution and consumption of electric energy. What are the characteristics of this novel system and what background information exists at local and international level? Defined by...
Por: Juan Carlos Zuleta Calderón Version Español Summary The manager of the state lithium project in Bolivia has just made the surprising announcement that Tesla Motors might be interested in building a lithium battery plant in Bolivia. But he has also introduced a great deal of confusion by indicating that it would be an association...
Por la Dra. Manuela Leticia Kim y el Dr. Eugenio Hernán Otal (División Materiales Porosos, UNIDEF, CITEDEF-CONICET) Version español The current state of the energy matrix requires short-term changes. The first steps taken by Argentina in the area of renewable energy were through the decree 9/2017 which has declared this year as the “year of...
Cecilia Smoglie Versión español Energy as a global challenge The World Energy Council (WEC) has stated that the economic development , as it is understood at present, is unsustainable due to three reasons: generation of exclusions, contamination of the environment, and unrestricted use of non-renewable resources. It has also mentioned that it is urgent to provide...
NEW WINDS IN ENERGY INDUSTRY Versión en Español In recent years we have witnessed an increase in the oil barrels production worldwide (OPEC, USA, Russia, Brazil, Canada, and Kazakhstan), the highest registered since 1994. With regard to natural gas, prices also fell, due to a significant decrease compared to previous years, in one...
Important Announcements in Non-conventional Hydrocarbons Versión Español The national government has made a strong commitment to this sector for 2017. Agreements with workers and investors have made it a promising prospect. The details and forward-looking projections are given in the following paragraphs . In an attempt to boost economy and attract foreign investments , President Mauricio...