Santiago Tomás Deane

Co-Founder, Valiant Brokers

“I co-founded Valiant alongside Diego Camogli with the goal of transforming the value an insurance broker can bring to the Energy & Mining, Tech and Agribusiness sectors. After spending five years working in the London reinsurance market, I returned to Argentina to join the Energy team at Aon Benfield. In 2014, I was hired by an insurance broker to develop their Energy division, which allowed me to specialize further in this industry, with a particular focus on Renewable Energy. I later acquired this operation as a prior step towards the merger that gave rise to Valiant”

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Santiago Deane

The wind energy hub that is transforming Argentina

Patagonia, argentina consolidates its position as the hub of energy wind farm with 1,656 preschools MW of installed capacity, representing 40% of the national capacity. With winds in excess of 9 m/s and capacity factors of close to 60%, the region does not only lead generation, but that is moving toward a complete ecosystem of innovation with projects of hydrogen green.

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Argentina’s lithium, powered by renewables

When discussing lithium development in Argentina, the focus is often on the scale of reserves or specific mining projects. However, we rarely look closely at what makes this growth possible: the energy that drives it. The energy investment powering lithium The article on GENNEIA’s investment in Salta makes this clear. We are talking about more than USD 400 million allocated to a high-voltage interconnection line. This infrastructure was designed to

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