Like any engineer Sebastián Kind, Argentina’s renewable energy under-secretary, is quick to correct imprecision and keen to grapple with complex, technical details – attributes that have served him well in a whirlwind 2016 for wind and solar in the South American nation.

This mild-mannered 37-year-old is the heavyweight batting for a renewable energy industry that is expected to spearhead Argentina’s eagerly-awaited economic recovery, initially attracting an estimated $5bn in investments through 2019.

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