Ministerio De Energía Y Minería

What Ministerio De Energía Y Minería does

Ministerio de Energía y Minería is a national government ministry of Argentina, headquartered at Hipólito Yrigoyen 250, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, operating under the Ministerio de Hacienda within the Argentine executive branch. The ministry exercises regulatory authority over Argentina's energy and mining sectors and coordinates national energy policy through affiliated units including the Subsecretaría de Gobierno de Energía, the Subsecretaría de Coordinación Administrativa, the Dirección General de Informática, and the Dirección de Desarrollo de Sistemas.

Its principal programmatic vehicle is PERMER (Programa de Uso Racional de la Energía en Municipalidades y Entes), which targets rational energy use and energy efficiency across Argentine municipalities and public entities. Program delivery is operationalized through the Portal de Aplicaciones Energía, a government web portal whose core access component is the Sistema de Autenticación (v1.2.0), developed and maintained by the ministry's in-house IT directorate.

The ministry has 31 employees, no commercial pricing or revenue model, and is funded through public budget appropriations. It serves a single customer segment — Argentine municipalities and public entities (Entes Públicos) — with no named commercial customers, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed partnerships, funding rounds, or M&A activity in the input data.

Name

Ministerio De Energía Y Minería

Legal name

Ministerio de Energía y Minería

Website

https://permer.minem.gob.ar

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ministerio de Energía y Minería is Argentina's national ministry of energy and mining, headquartered in Buenos Aires. It coordinates national energy policy and operates the PERMER energy-efficiency program for Argentine municipalities and public entities via a government authentication portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Energy Administration

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAMAJ

Minerals, Mining & Geologic Resources Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration

SECONDARYBPAIAMAK

Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration

Keywords

• Government energy policy
• Energy efficiency programs
• Mining sector regulation
• Municipal energy management
• Renewable energy programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Core offering

The Ministerio de Energía y Minería is a national government ministry of Argentina that oversees national energy and mining policy. It administers programs such as PERMER (Programa de Uso Racional de la Energía en Municipalidades y Entes) and operates a government web portal (Portal de Aplicaciones Energía) for managing energy applications and services for Argentine municipalities and public entities.

Product overview

Ministerio de Energía y Minería operates the Portal de Aplicaciones Energía, a government applications portal managed by the Subsecretaría de Gobierno de Energía and the Dirección General de Informática. The portal includes a Sistema de Autenticación (Authentication System) as its core access mechanism for government energy applications and services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PERMER (Programa de Uso Racional de la Energía en Municipalidades y Entes) National program promoting rational energy use and energy efficiency across Argentine municipalities (Municipalidades) and public entities (Entes). It coordinates energy management initiatives at the local government level.
• Portal de Aplicaciones Energía A government web-based portal providing centralized access to energy-related applications and services operated by Argentina's Ministry of Energy and Mining, used by authorized personnel from municipalities and public entities.
• Sistema de Autenticación A government authentication system serving as the secure access mechanism to the Energy Applications Portal (Portal de Aplicaciones Energía). It enables authorized users from municipalities and public entities to log in and access energy management applications.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves3 records

Emerging players

• IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency): International intergovernmental organization supporting renewable energy adoption across member states including Argentina. Adjacent comparator given that PERMER-style rational energy use and renewable integration are complementary mandates that overlap in national ministry portfolios.

Broad incumbents

• International Energy Agency (IEA): Intergovernmental organization coordinating energy policy, data, and efficiency programs across member countries. Comparable to MINEM as a coordinating body that sets rational energy use guidance, but operating globally rather than within a single national jurisdiction.
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): U.S. federal cabinet department administering energy policy, efficiency programs, and energy infrastructure. Broader but comparable as a national authority that funds and operates efficiency programs through state and municipal channels — the mature analog of PERMER-style program delivery.

Direct peers

• Ministerio de Energía de Chile: Chile's national ministry administering energy policy and efficiency programs. Directly comparable to MINEM as a national-level ministerial authority over energy and (historically) mining, serving as the closest regional peer with a similar program-delivery mandate.
• OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization): Intergovernmental energy organization for Latin America and the Caribbean, coordinating energy policy, planning, and rational use programs across member states including Argentina. Directly comparable as a regional counterpart for cross-border coordination of PERMER-equivalent efficiency initiatives.
• Ministério de Minas e Energia (Brazil): Brazil's federal ministry responsible for mining and energy policy, including national energy efficiency programs (PROCEL). The most direct functional peer given both ministries share the energy and mining dual mandate and administer municipal/public efficiency programs.
• Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (Argentina): Argentine national ministry administering environmental protection and natural resources programs. Domestic peer sharing the federal executive-branch structure, parallel mandate on sustainability programs, and overlapping stakeholder base with MINEM.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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