Two breaks in generating plants raised the Electrical affectation This Monday until almost 2000 MW, a barrier that could be overcome today by a new breakdown in the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Central.
The maximum affectation amounted to 1916 MW at night, a figure “higher than the planned” (1710 MW) for the outputs of units 4 of Varadero Energy and 3 of the thermoelectric of Santa Cruz del Norte, According to the part of the electric union (UNE).
And this Tuesday the panorama will not have improvement. On the contrary, The departure of the Guiteras For a salider in the boiler, the energy scenario on the island further complicates, where – before that break – it was already expected that the deficit exceeds 1400 MW, even with the contribution of the twenty of new solar parks.
For the night peak the official estimate raised the affectation until 1992 MW, more than 200 MW above the availability planned for that time and even above, of the 1936 MW that a month ago marked a negative record on the island.
However, that figure is wet paper, because with the breakdown in the main unit block of the country, more than 200 MW of availability are lost, which must then swell the deficit and place the island in an even more precarious situation in what to the power generation respects.
The panorama could even be worse if another fault or other unforeseen occurred, or the demand was beyond the 3650 MW initially forecast by the UNE.
Plants outside
The Cuban energy scenario continues to be critical and has called into question the government plans, according to which by this date the blackouts would be much lower that they continue to report throughout the island for months.
Continuous cuts of more than 20 and 30 hours in different Cuban locations show the draft of an energy crisis that has become more acute over time and in front of which the strategies raised by the government have so far shown a chronicle insufficiency.
For now, the plan to maintain thermal units to better reach the summer season has been frustrated by the constant breaks and the delay of maintenance in those blocks.
The example of Guiteras is more than eloquent. Just a couple of weeks ago it was disconnected for four -day maintenance, and after synchronizing it came out for a break that kept it out of almost another week.
He returned just In the early hours of last Fridayand a few days later he has broken again. Now, the official forecast estimates in 96 hours – four days – its possible reinstatement.
This Tuesday, before the departure of the Matancera plant, there were six units outside the National Electrical System (SEN) for those causes, including the aforementioned Santa Cruz del Norte, although in its part the UNE did not include the 8 of the Mariel, which presumably would have already reincorporated after its departure last Sunday.
In addition, it is also out of unit Varadero, whose entrance is not expected for today, while 409 MW cease to occur by thermal limitations and 94 distributed generation plants are stopped due to lack of fuel, as well as three engines of the rule pin.
In total, 825 MW total those affected by this cause, of which only 78 MW can recover at night, a time strip in which, again, most of the country will be dull simultaneously.
