The blackouts During the highest consumption schedule they will reach 50 % of Cuba this Saturday, according to the forecasts issued by the Electric Union (UNE) as a percentage of the EFE agency.
UNE, attached to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, has a maximum electricity generation capacity of 1603 megawatts (MW) for peak schedule, before a demand that provides for reaching 3090 MW.
The deficit will be 1487 MW and the real affectation – the circuits that will be disconnected preventively to avoid a messy blackout – will reach 1,557 MW at the time of greater consumption.
UNE reports breakfast and maintenance in nine of the 20 thermoelectric production units, distributed in seven plants.
In addition, 72 distributed generation plants and a pino are out of service due to lack of fuel (fueloil and diesel).
The main causes of the frequent blackouts are the usual breakdowns in the obsolete thermoelectric terrestrial and lack of fuel.
The strategy proposed by the Cuban government to overcome this prolonged and exhausting energy crisis includes the installation of 98 parks of Photovoltaic generation Until 2028, with supplies and advice from China.
The first of the 55 parks that will be installed this year synchronized this Thursday.
They connect first solar park of the project that seeks to stop the energy crisis in Cuba
According to various independent calculations, the Government would specify between 8000 and 10 billion dollars to refloat the national electrical system, an investment out of reach. Any solution would be possible only in the long term, points the Spanish agency.
Cuba registered the highest deficits last week so far from 2025, and in at least the last two years, with 57 % of the country in the dark at the same time, so the government ordered to suspend classes and work activities by two days.
