Argentina

=== Energy ===
{{Main|Electricity sector in Argentina}}
[[File:Central_Nuclear_Atucha_I_-_II.JPG|thumb|[[Atucha Nuclear Power Plant]] was the first nuclear power plant in [[Latin America]].<ref>[http://www.natcapsolutions.org/publications_files/BrittlePower/BrittlePower_Parts123.pdf Brittle Power] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402203813/http://www.natcapsolutions.org/publications_files/BrittlePower/BrittlePower_Parts123.pdf |date=2 April 2016}}, p. 144.</ref>]]

In 2020, more than 60% of Argentina's electricity came from non-renewable sources such as natural gas, oil and coal. 27% came from [[hydropower]], 7.3% from wind and solar energy and 4.4% from nuclear energy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/economia/energia/planeamiento-energetico/panel-de-indicadores/potencia-instalada |title=Potencia Instalada Energía Eléctrica |access-date=13 July 2022 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901173152/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/economia/energia/planeamiento-energetico/panel-de-indicadores/potencia-instalada |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of 2021 Argentina was the 21st country in the world in terms of installed hydroelectric power (11.3 GW), the 26th country in the world in terms of installed wind energy (3.2 GW) and the 43rd country in the world in terms of installed solar energy (1.0 GW).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2022/Apr/IRENA_RE_Capacity_Statistics_2022.pdf |work=IRENA |title=RENEWABLE CAPACITY STATISTICS 2022 |access-date=19 May 2022 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2022/Apr/IRENA_RE_Capacity_Statistics_2022.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The wind potential of the Patagonia region is considered gigantic, with estimates that the area could provide enough electricity to sustain the consumption of a country like Brazil alone. However, Argentina has infrastructural deficiencies to carry out the transmission of electricity from uninhabited areas with a lot of wind to the great centers of the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://revistagalileu.globo.com/Revista/Common/0,,EMI307062-18537,00-ARGENTINA+INVESTE+BILHOES+PARA+TRANSFORMAR+VENTOS+DA+PATAGONIA+EM+ENERGIA.html |title=Argentina investe bilhões para transformar ventos da patagônia em energia |access-date=14 July 2022 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427053525/https://revistagalileu.globo.com/Revista/Common/0,,EMI307062-18537,00-ARGENTINA+INVESTE+BILHOES+PARA+TRANSFORMAR+VENTOS+DA+PATAGONIA+EM+ENERGIA.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1974 it was the first country in Latin America to put in-line a commercial nuclear power plant, [[Atucha I Nuclear Power Plant|Atucha I]]. Although the Argentine-built parts for that station amounted to 10% of the total, the nuclear fuel it uses are since entirely built in the country. Later nuclear power stations employed a higher percentage of Argentine-built components; [[Embalse Nuclear Power Station|Embalse]], finished in 1983, a 30% and the 2011 [[Atucha II Nuclear Power Plant|Atucha II]] reactor a 40%.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tiempo.infonews.com/2012/09/29/argentina-87001-atucha-iii-se-construira-con-un-60-de-componentes-nacionales.php |title= Atucha III se construirá con un 60% de componentes nacionales |author= Reneau, Leandro |date= 29 September 2012 | publisher= Tiempo Argentino| language= es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805233045/http://tiempo.infonews.com/2012/09/29/argentina-87001-atucha-iii-se-construira-con-un-60-de-componentes-nacionales.php |archive-date=5 August 2014}}</ref>