Distributed generation in Argentina is beginning to change its profile . Growth is no longer solely driven by on-grid installations: C&I is increasingly incorporating storage, backup, and hybrid systems, while oil and gas is emerging as another niche with strong interest.
As of July 2026, the national grid had reached 165.5 MW of installed capacity and 4,891 user-generators , almost double the capacity recorded a year earlier. The commercial and industrial segment accounts for 132.1 MW , nearly 80% of the total connected capacity.
“ Today the company’s focus is really on C&I storage, while still maintaining the residential side, which has always been our strength and betting heavily on that ,” says Andrés Azula, Solution Manager for South America at GoodWe .
The company has already developed projects in Argentina using 50 kW and 30 kW hybrid inverters , combined with 60 and 100 kWh batteries. “ The market is demanding it ,” says Azula.
In residential settings, usage remains concentrated on backup power in case of network failures. In commercial and industrial settings, the equation changes.
“In the residential sector, the market also focuses more on storage for backup power when the grid fails. But in the commercial and industrial sectors, that balance between on-grid and storage is maintained,” he explains.
This trend is also beginning to emerge in the oil and gas sector . There, the focus is on adding photovoltaics and batteries to improve reliability and reduce the operating hours of generator sets.
“Something we’ve seen a lot of is the oil and gas sector. The oil and gas sector is quite active in Argentina, requesting photovoltaic storage systems mainly to provide reliability to the grid, precisely to reduce those diesel consumptions in the generator sets,” the executive points out.
The demand is not limited to adding batteries. In several projects, clients are looking to integrate solar energy storage, generators, and other power generation sources into a single architecture.
“One particularity of the Argentine client is having challenges in their project, especially having hybrid systems, but not hybrids in terms of batteries only, but hybrids in terms of batteries, generator set, perhaps some other generation system, all combined in the same system,” Azula explains.
GoodWe already offers ET-LV, ET, and ETR inverters capable of directly integrating generator sets into photovoltaic plants. The inverters can also operate in off-grid configurations.
The manufacturer is also preparing to expand its portfolio. It will soon incorporate the ET G3 line, with hybrid inverters up to 50 kW , as an evolution of the current ET family.
It already offers hybrid units of 80 and 100 kW and plans to add the ETR series up to 125 kW . Meanwhile, in C&I batteries, the offering starts at 25 kWh and will progress to a 261 kWh solution for systems with DC coupling .
The goal is to resolve configurations that previously required external control equipment. Some of those functions can now be integrated into the system itself.
From distributed to utility scale
Utility photovoltaics in Argentina had already exceeded 2.5 GW installed during 2026. An additional 210.6 MW were projected by CAMMESA between August and October .
Under this scenario, GoodWe also seeks to capture that expansion: “We want to finalize many projects, especially at the utility scale and storage level that we have in our pipeline today.”
For that type of market, the firm has inverters of 250, 320 and 350 kW , is preparing a new model and offers transformer stations of up to 9.1 MVA .
The leap forward will also come from storage. The roadmap incorporates scalable 4 MWh and 5 MWh solutions.
Chile appears as a regional benchmark for this business and as a test market for the advancement of large-scale storage in South America:
“We want to be truly recognized as a benchmark in storage solutions,” Azula states, acknowledging that the goal involves converting the current pipeline into projects and adding concrete, large-scale cases.
“The market is evolving a lot, and the idea is above all to open our minds a little regarding the solar industry, to believe in it and see that the technology continues to advance and has many areas for progress,” Azula concludes.