After unusual days without reporting breakdowns in the Cuban thermoelectric plants, the breaks have once again affect generating units and exacerbate the blackouts On the island.
Already this Tuesday Electric Union (UNE) reported That blocks 5 of Mariel and 6 of Nuevitas were disconnected, along with four other units that have been out for repairs.
Of them, Mariel’s continues reported today In a breakdown, while that of Nuevitas is not mentioned in the official part, so presumably must have synchronized at some point or the most recent morning.
On the other hand, the Unit 1 of Santa Cruz del Norte is also registered with rupture, although it is apparently a smaller problem because the UNE estimates its incorporation today for peak schedule, when it must contribute 60 MW.
For that time, the entrance of seven engines of the Turkish melons with 45 MW and the recovery of 50 of the 418 MW of the distributed generation that will be outside during the day due to lack of fuel are also planned.
Rising effects
During the last weekend and also on Monday, the maximum effects planned by the UNE remained in the 750 MW environment during the day. Meanwhile, at night the forecasts remained below 1400 MW.
They were visibly better figures than those of recent weeks, when negative records exceed 1900 and 2000 MW in during the night peak while the breakdowns and lack of fuel hit the generation of electricity strongly.
However, with the return of breakdowns in thermal units and this Monday the maximum affectation amounted to 1567 MW and yesterday it stood at 1576 MW.
However, in both cases the UNE blamed the increase to “an increase in demand with respect to the planned”, instead of the reported breaks.
Meanwhile, the deficit has also increased in the daytime schedule. Already this Wednesday at 6:00 am there were 907 MW affected – yesterday had been 835 MW at that time – while at noon the prognosis is located at 950 MW, even with the nearly 500 MW that are contributing in that time strip the 25 new photovoltaic solar parks.
For its part, for the night the estimated affectation by the UNE is 1475 MW, less in theory than this Tuesday, while the planned availability amounts to 2195 MW.
However, so that it is, the planned incorporations must occur and another breakdown has not occurred. Otherwise, the blackouts would climb “above the planned.”
