Madrid/The fuel engines sector of the renté thermoelectric plant, in Santiago de Cuba, It was the Pasto de lasas The morning of Sunday, when it began, around 4:22, an extinguished fire almost two hours later. The first secretary of the province, Beatriz Johnson Urrutia, reported through her social networks of the event, in which there were no fatal or injured victims.
Firefighters and other emergency teams accompanied the workers of the Thermoelectric Central (CTE), whose official name is “Antonio Maceo”, personnel of the Hermanos Díaz Refinery and Cistern Truck drivers of the Water Company of Santiago and neighborhood Granma, which helped extinguish the fire. Other experts of the Electric Union (UNE) and rescue equipment also went to the area, taking the situation shortly after 6 in the morning.
“The causes of the incident are still investigated. The authorities thanked the rapid response of all the teams involved and assured that they will continue to provide updated information through official means,” projection Provincial television.
“Very unfortunate. Very strange facts are happening in very sensitive facilities for the country and it is essential to maintain extreme surveillance”
Speculations unleashed from the first moment in networks. “Very unfortunate. Very strange facts are happening in very sensitive facilities for the country and it is essential to maintain extreme surveillance because the enemies of the revolution are capable of anything to generate discontent in the country. There are too many facts in our thermoelectric plants that never occurred before,” said one of the many users who pointed to sabotage theories. “They will have to militarize the CTE,” another suggested.
A few hours after extinction, the thermoelectric plant operated with its three blocks, “each of them with its limitations,” They explained The experts. Blocks 3 and 6 contributed about 50 MW, while number 5 rose load after having synchronized during the early morning and prepared to deliver 60 MW.
The news was about to ruin the only good news that UNE has had in recent days: The incorporation of block 1 of the CTE Lidio Ramón, in Felton (Municipality of Mayarí). The entrance to the system occurred at 15:47 this Sunday and 6 in the afternoon was finally contributing 150 megawatts to the network. The Holguinera unit was disconnected on September 6 for a failure in the transformer that was used by the company to execute a maintenance that, although planned, ended up being carried out forced.
Among the planned works was the cleaning of the boiler and the condenser, with the aim of guaranteeing the stability of the central, but the confidence of the population shines by its absence, to the point that there were few who suggested that the fire in Renté would be useful to hide a possible failed reconnection that, at this time, has not occurred. However, everything is possible in the current situation of thermoelectric plants, whose breakdowns are so constant that it costs to follow the pace of their entrances and exits, of which the population makes jokes to combat the restlessness.
With Felton already, the night has been equally tense. On the east of the island, many reported up to 30 hours in a row, while others talked about short lights. “From yesterday at 12 noon they put it about 3 hours at night and until today from 7:30 a.m. to 9 pm and it has already come up again. I think they really have to stop giving false information,” a user reproached. There were also the usual complaints about Havana’s privileges, but from different parts of the capital, messages that denied it arrived.
“We are without current in block 6 Distribution Paradise, Cotorro, from 4 in the afternoon” or “Havana we are also suffering, that is Muela, that does not leave here”
“We are without current in block 6 Distribution Paradise, Cotorro, from 4 in the afternoon” or “Havana we are also suffering, that is tooth, that does not leave,” some replied.
The night was also long as regards protests. From many points of the island came cacerolate news through social networks. Although none of them could be verified, there was talk of protests in Versailles (Matanzas), San Miguel del Padrón, El Cast García and Calabazo, in Boyeros, the latter a few meters from the prison known as Vivac.
This Sunday, the planned deficit exceeded 1,700 MW in the peak time and the next maintenance disconnection of the CTE Antonio Guiteras for half a year is loom in the horizon. Yesterday, Miguel Díaz-Canel speak In X of his Saturday visit to the Central to explain that the tour had been “very stimulating”, since he could “appreciate the commitment and responsibility of his workers to recover capacities and contribute to the imperative stabilization of SEN. We have full confidence that they will achieve the objectives. Our admiration and recognition, ”he said. But among the population, distrust, discontent and, increasingly rabies reign.
