Cafayate Solar Farm

Cafayate Solar Farm solar overview.

Cafayate is a ground-mounted solar farm in Salta, Argentina, supplying electricity under a long-term agreement with CAMMESA. It entered commercial operation in July 2019 with Canadian Solar panels and Sungrow central inverters. PS Cafayate owns and operates the installation within the Central Puerto group, which acquired the project company in September 2025.In OperationArgentina

At a Glance

Technical capacity

100.1 MW

Mounting

Ground

Operator

Data coming soon

Country

Argentina

Location

-26.033°, -65.918°

Website

Official project page

Ownership

3 records

Share	Role	Details	Period
Unknown	Indirect Parent	Canadian Solar developed and held the Cafayate project through its group before the September 2025 sale.	Until Sept 2025
Unknown	Indirect Parent	Central Puerto acquired the Cafayate project company on 2 September 2025.	From Sept 2025
Unknown	Owner Operator	Project company owning and operating the Cafayate solar farm.	Current / not dated

Organisations

14 records

Organisations recorded as working on this asset or its project, and their role.

Organisation	Role	Details
	Construction-finance lenderFinance Insurance Legal	BICE participated in the US$50 million non-recourse financing closed in November 2018.
	Construction-finance lenderFinance Insurance Legal	Banco Ciudad participated in the US$50 million non-recourse financing closed in November 2018.
	Construction-finance lenderFinance Insurance Legal	CAF participated in the US$50 million non-recourse financing closed in November 2018.
	Former project-company shareholder and sellerOwnership History	Canadian Solar Energy Group B.V. sold its interest in the Cafayate project company in September 2025.
	Original developer and module supplierHistorical Development Context	Canadian Solar developed Cafayate and supplied its photovoltaic modules. Its project reference also records EPC and O&M services.
	Former project-company shareholder and sellerOwnership History	Canadian Solar UY Holding Latam S.A. sold its interest in the Cafayate project company in September 2025.
	Current project-company parentOwnership History	Central Puerto completed acquisition of the project company on 2 September 2025.
	Long-term electricity purchaserOfftake And Market	CAMMESA contracted electricity from Cafayate under the 20-year RenovAr power-purchase agreement.
PARQUE FOTOV. CAFAYATE	Operator	Not set
	Historical EPC contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	POWERCHINA’s Argentine project reference identifies its engineering, procurement and construction role for Cafayate.
	Project-company owner and operatorOwner Operator	PS Cafayate, formerly Fieldfare Argentina, owns and operates the solar farm.
	Former development and asset-management platformOwnership History	Recurrent Energy announced completion of the Cafayate sale to Central Puerto in September 2025.
	Original central-inverter supplierEquipment Supply	Sungrow documented installation of SG3125HV central inverters for Cafayate in August 2019.
	Power-purchase guarantee contextFinance Insurance Legal	The original 20-year power-purchase agreement was backed by a World Bank guarantee.

Equipment

2 records

Panels and inverters recorded at this installation, with each unit's rating as its source gives it.

Equipment	Manufacturer	Model	Units	Unit rating	Source
InvertersInstalled		SG3125HVSungrow’s August 2019 announcement documents SG3125HV central inverters at Cafayate.	Not set	Not set	Source16 Aug 2019
PanelsInstalled		MaxPower CS6U-PCanadian Solar’s project reference documents MaxPower CS6U-P panels at the plant installed in 2019.	Not set	Not set	Source

Supplier registration

Contact page only

How suppliers get onto this project's radar: its standing register, supplier portal or contact route.

Corporate supplier guidance covers invoicing and contractor documentation. Prospective enquiries use the general corporate contact page.

Corporate guidance for existing suppliers and contractors, with general contact for prospective enquiries; the invoice portal is not supplier registration.

Supply chain pageContact page

SourceChecked 29 Oct 2026

Capacity history

Recorded project capacity figures. Future-dated changes are shown but are not used as current capacity.

Effective	Capacity type	Capacity	Source
19 Jul 2019	Technical capacity	100.1 MW	Canadian Solar: installed photovoltaic module capacity, 100.1 MWp DC

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