AREQUIPA, Peru – Although “there is no certainty that the National Electric System (SEN) will be able to unite in its entirety this day,” by this Saturday afternoon the Cuban regime hopes to have greater electricity coverage, from the thermoelectric plants that They must synchronize the territorial microsystems.
This was reported by engineer Lázaro Guerra Hernández, general director of electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), during an update on the reestablishment of the SEN in the television space Good morning.
In his intervention, which was reviewed by the official reporter Lázaro Manuel Alonso via Facebookthe engineer pointed out that microsystems of electricity generation have been consolidated in the center and east of the Island.
In Moa, for example, two engines “generate stably,” while the sixth unit of the Nuevitas Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE) “is in the process of starting up,” from an island created in Camagüey.
“The creation of a microsystem in the center allowed electricity to be brought to the CTE Antonio Guiteras. Once the problem has been resolved, your unit will start to boot in the next few hours. Energás Varadero combined cycle managed to join the generation,” the report states.
In the case of the western region, “a breakdown in the created microsystem caused its collapse.” According to Guerra Hernández, its reconnection has already begun since the conditions are created to reincorporate the Energás plants, unit 1 of Santa Cruz and the 3 of Mariel in a short time.
Until now, the Electrical Union of Cuba has not published its daily report with the figures of the national impact and the forecast for peak hours on October 19.
This Friday, the MINEM reported on the social network
In this way, the entity confirmed the complaints on social networks that indicated a nationwide blackout that affected Cubans throughout the day and night. The event has been reported in national and international media.
