With the “Lidio Ramón Pérez” thermoelectric of Felton in “ignition process” began the Friday for the electrical system (SEN) that, however, promises a day of blackouts similar to the preceding days.
The Electric Union (UNE) hopes that, together with Unit 1 of Felton, 7 engines will be incorporated in the Fuel de Mariel Central (119 MW), 9 Moa fuel engines, as well as 100 MW would add in engines in engines of distributed generation, “that are out of fuel.”
In this way, with an availability of 1814 MW and a maximum demand of 3180 MW, UNE warns of a real affectation that could reach 1436 MW in peak sched than Thursday.
Yesterday, according to the information available, the electrical service was affected during the 24 hours and remained interrupted during the early hours of today. “The maximum registered affectation was 1678 MW at 6:40 pm, coinciding with the time of maximum demand,” says UNE.
The UNE also informs that the SEN suffers from breakdowns in the CTE Guiteras and Unit 2 of the CTE Felton, while others are in maintenance or affected by the lack of fuel.
According to experts, situations as complex as that of these last days, with so many non -operational infrastructure, they raise the probability that a new incident causes disorderly electric cuts and that, to destabilize the set of the precarious electrical system, another can happen another blackout National, according to a report of EFE.
The current Cuban energy crisis is explained, in the opinion of independent experts, by a chronic infinance of this sector. Thermoelectric plants are obsolete, after decades of exploitation and investment deficit; And the paralysis of other infrastructure is linked to the lack of fuel and diesel, due to the lack of state’s currency to import them.
According to various independent calculations, the Cuban government would specify between 8000 and 10 billion dollars to refloat the SEN, an investment out of reach. Any solution would be possible only in the long term.
