According to ESS NEWS, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) has Opening of commercial and technical offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina, equipped with sales, engineering and project management teams to support the installation, operation and maintenance of its energy storage systems in Argentina.
Last week, CATL Americas President Ray See, Latin America General Manager Harry Lau and Argentina Business Leader Lucas Ponce announced the company's strategic plan in Buenos Aires.
CATL is currently supplying equipment for two energy storage projects of Argentinian power generation company Central Puerto. Total scale: 205 MW/1025 MWh.
These include the 150 MW/750 MWh Nuevo Puerto power station and the 55 MW/275 MWh Central Costanera power station. All use CATL lithium iron phosphate batteries, with an energy storage duration of 5 hours, was obtained by Central Puerto in the AlmaGBA energy storage tender.
According to CATL, the construction progress of the Nuevo Puerto project is close to 80%. Central Puerto plans to put one of the projects into operation by the end of 2026, and the other is expected to be put into use in January 2027. Fernando Bonnet, CEO of Central Puerto, said that the energy storage batteries have been installed, but the final operation depends on the arrival of transformers purchased from China.
In addition,CATL also works with Edison Energía, Newsan, Rowing and other local enterprises to establish business cooperation.
CATL stated that it Energy storage projects secured in Latin America Cumulative total exceeds 15 GWh. As of June 2026, CATL's cumulative global energy storage battery shipments have exceeded 330 GWh.
Source：EnergyTrend
