MADRID, Spain.- The Antonio Guiteras de Matanzas thermoelectric plant (CTE), which has been out of service since last Saturdaycould not restore its operation this Tuesday, as planned.
When the rigorous hydraulic test was carried out, it presented problems that prevented the start-up and synchronization to the National Electroenergetic System (SEN), the newspaper reported. Giron through the social network Facebook.
As explained by the general director of the thermoelectric plant, Misbel Palmero Aguilar, the problems that have arisen in the last hours require the use of lifting equipment to be able to ascend a height of 24 meters, where the faults related to the boiler furnace are found.
The manager also pointed out that the work team hopes to carry out the synchronization with the SEN before the rush hour this Wednesday. The official media had said the same Cubadebate, regarding this April 19.
The CTE Antonio Guiteras, with more than three decades in operation, left the National Electroenergetic System this Saturday due to breaks in the water walls of the boiler.
last month of Marchthe thermoelectric plant also stopped working, which generated a fuel crisis in almost the entire country that caused several hours of queues at many gas stations for days.
Users on social networks considered that the strike could have been premeditated, to justify the lack of fuel on the island.
The energy instability in Cuba, increased by these constant breakages, lead to an increase in blackouts, which become unsustainable for the Cuban population and which, precisely, were one of the factors that led to the popular anti-government protests that spread throughout the country. country on July 11 and 12, 2021.
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