In the midst of the energy debacle, the Cuban regime reported on the construction of another photovoltaic solar park in Sancti Spíritus.
LIMA, Peru – Cubans will spend the last Sunday of the year 2025 amid massive blackouts, according to the official part of the Electrical Union (UNE). The entity predicted that, during peak hours, the deficit will be 1,903 megawatts (MW) and the impact will be 1,930 MW.
“For peak hours, an availability of 1,468 MW and a maximum demand of 3,370 MW are estimated, for a deficit of 1,902 MW, so if the expected conditions continue, an impact of 1,930 MW is forecast during this time,” summarizes the UNE.
This level of impact is equivalent to approximately 55% of national demand.
There are currently seven thermoelectric units out of service on the Island. Among the main incidents, the official note reported breakdowns in units 5 and 8 of the Mariel thermoelectric plant (CTE), Unit 2 of the Felton CTE, Unit 6 of the Diez de Octubre CTE and Unit 3 of the Renté CTE; as well as stops for maintenance in Unit 2 of the CTE Santa Cruz and Unit 4 of the CTE Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Cienfuegos.
In the midst of the energy debacle, which has been dragging on since mid-2024, the Cuban regime reported this weekend on the progress of works in the Photovoltaic Solar Park (PSFV) in the community of El Meso, the third of this new lot in the province of Sancti Spíritus.
As reported by the Cuban News Agency (ACN), before the end of the year or at the beginning of 2026, Sancti Spíritus will incorporate the three 21.87 MW sites.
Located in the municipality of Jatibonico, the El Meso PSFV is in the final phase of its construction, and will join two others that are already contributing from Cabaiguán and the town of Tuinucú, in Taguasco.
Roberto Hernández Rojas, general director of the Electric Company in the territory of Sancti Spiritus, highlighted that with the three solar parks of 21.87 MW, plus the 18 MW of installed power in seven other locations in this central region, Sancti Spíritus can exceed 80 MW in photovoltaic generation.
The official assured that this will mean an important contribution to daytime hours and fuel savings for Cuba.
The energy crisis on the Island is serious. The Electrical Union has recognized that in Havana unscheduled outages often exceed nine hours a day, while in several provinces homes have only two to four hours of electricity each day. Added to this are successive failures of aging thermoelectric plants that have caused repeated national blackouts in less than a year, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in decades.
