On the last day of September the blackout box that the island lives due to the Electric generation It is no different from the last months and even resembles that of the worst moments.
According to the Electric Union (UNE), although for the peak schedule the recovery of 50 MW in generation engines and the entrance of Unit 5 of CTE Nuevitas with 60 MW, the affectation would be over 1840 MW at this time.
The company reported breakdowns and maintenance in several generation units, in addition to lack of fuel and lubricants that further limit the precarious capacity of the national electrical system (SEN).
Cuban thermoelectric plants are mostly obsolete, after decades of exploitation and a chronic investment and maintenance deficit, while there are out -of -service electricity generation engines due to the country’s lack of foreign exchange to import fuel.
Independent experts point out that the crisis responds to a chronic infinance of this sector, completely in the hands of the Cuban state since the triumph of the revolution in 1959.
The government alleges the impact of US sanctions on this industry and accuses it of “energy suffocation.”
The blackouts suppose a strong ballast to the economy, which contracted 1.1 % in 2024 and adds in the last five years an accumulated drop of 11 %, according to official data, points the Spanish agency.
ECLAC also provides that its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is negative this year.
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Cortes stir social fatigue and encourage discontent. They have been linked to the main protests that have been registered in the country in recent years, such as the massive of July 2021 and the minors registered in recent days in Havana and Gibara.
