Climate in Argentina

[FrankPintor]

This isn't directly on the climate topic, but it's certainly related. As the following article makes clear, the electricity generators are warning of massive power outages in the coming, presumably La Niña, summer:

Alerta de CAMMESA: Posibles Cortes Masivos de Energía Eléctrica en el Verano

La Compañía Administradora del Mercado Mayorista Eléctrico (CAMMESA) advierte sobre posibles cortes masivos de electricidad en Argentina durante el verano de 2024. La capacidad de generación actual no alcanzará para cubrir la demanda, generando un escenario de emergencia que pone en jaque al...

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This article gives some more background information, particularly on the political context:

El Gobierno confirmó la probabilidad de cortes masivos de luz en verano y apuntó a la crisis heredada en el sistema

Fuentes oficiales aseguraron el contenido de un informe en el que Cammesa advirtió por el riesgo de apagones, aunque aclararon que es habitual y que solo sucederá si se dan ciertas condiciones. Culpan a la falta de inversión en el sector generada por el atraso tarifario

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While the current government is in full "ah pero Alberto" mode, blaming "inherited problems", the article makes clear that planned and funded projects to generate 3300 MW of power, and the AMBA I and AMBA II works to be financed by China, were cancelled by the current government for ideological reasons.

I'm looking into heat pumps, solar panels, and diesel generators. If anyone has information to share I'd welcome it. Or maybe the solution would be decamping to the Atlantic coast (though that might be more expensive).

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

What’s a heat pump going to do for you if you have no electric?

 

[FrankPintor]

What’s a heat pump going to do for you if you have no electric?

The heat pumps I'm looking at are solar powered, big coils of tubes you put on your flat roof. It's not clear to me that there's an electrical connection, but I'll check. There are certainly gas-powered heat pumps available.

 

[Rich One]

What’s a heat pump going to do for you if you have no electric?

Here we have portable generators that can run on fuel. Gas Pumps ? (a thermodynamic term)

 

[gracielle]

27 Sept 2024

A las corridas frente a la emergencia | El Gobierno ahora anuncia medidas para evitar cortes de luz

Después de reconocer que prepara un esquema de cortes programados de electricidad para el verano entre usuarios industriales, el Gobierno intentó amortiguar el impacto de la mala noticia con anuncios sobre futuras medidas para aumentar la generación el...

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Government announces measures to avoid power outages. In a hurry in the face of the emergency....As detailed in the so-called Summer Plan 2024 - 2025, among the actions to be carried out by the national government, scheduled outages to residential users are not foreseen. In addition, during the summer, the technical shutdown of the Atucha I Nuclear Power Plant; the hydrological situation in Brazil; and the extensive heat waves that are forecasted, which would demand 30,700 MW, thus surpassing the historical peak of 29,653 MW in February of this year.

 

[FrankPintor]

I was recommended to get a Generac 8kVA gas generator, about USD 7k for the module, plus USD 1.2k for the gas connection, meter, and so on, including the work..

A petrol generator is cheaper, maybe USD 3k for a triphase one, but you could go through 30 litres of fuel in a day.

I've been surprised at how wet it's been (got woken up at 5am this morning by a thunderbolt in front of the house), but maybe this gives some perspective:

Anticipan un verano muy caluroso en gran parte del país: cuáles serán las regiones más cálidas

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional difundió su pronóstico trimestral de diciembre, enero y febrero. Qué se sabe sobre la probabilidad de que se registre el fenómeno de La Niña

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