[Solar: Bolivia Submits New Electricity Law to Open Market for Private Investment]

The Argentine government recently enacted Decree 242/2026, establishing the Medium-Sized Investment Incentive Regime (RIMI) to bolster energy efficiency and renewables. The decree offers significant fiscal benefits, including accelerated depreciation and early VAT refunds, for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) investing in solar panels, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and high-efficiency equipment. This policy move is designed to stimulate private investment amidst limited traditional financing, further optimizing the amortization process for industrial and commercial solar adopters across the country.

The Bolivian government has approved Supreme Decree 5549, creating a new "medium-scale distributed generation" category for projects between 1 MW and 6 MW. This decree simplifies the connection to medium-voltage networks by removing the need for a formal generation concession, requiring only regulator authorization. According to IRENA, Bolivia ended 2025 with approximately 194 MW of operational PV capacity. These regulatory updates are expected to accelerate solar adoption among industrial and commercial users previously restricted by smaller capacity caps.

The European Commission revealed plans on April 23, 2026, to restrict funding for PV projects using inverters from "high-risk" countries, including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. This ban affects projects funded by the EIB and EIF, as well as grid-connected projects in neighboring regions. Citing cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure, EU officials argue that inverters act as the "brain" of power grids and require tighter oversight. While switching to non-Chinese suppliers like Huawei or Sungrow may increase total project costs by less than 2%, the EU is moving forward with a phased-out approach scheduled to fully take effect by April 2027.