SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- Despite the recent collapse of the national electrical energy system and having dilapidated thermoelectric plants in the country, in Nuevitas, Camagüey, the Innovator’s Day was celebrated.
A note from the local newspaper Forward He noted that the conference recognized “the relevant creative actions of the men and women of this Camagüey municipality, who grow day by day to provide electrical energy to the National System, in the 10 de Octubre Thermoelectric Plant.”
The Nuevitas thermoelectric plant, with a high degree of technological obsolescence and lack of spare parts, requires its technicians to apply the worn-out concept of “creative resistance” to which Miguel Díaz-Canel alludes and adopt “alternatives” so that the plant works.
At the Science and Technology Forum, engineers and technicians presented 35 proposals for innovation and/or rationalization and ten prizes were awarded in different categories, which recognized the efforts of Cubans to seek solutions to the crisis.
“In the face of the inevitable failures of the long-lived teams“In continuous shifts, operators, technicians, engineers and managers work uninterruptedly with the main goal of contributing to the availability of electrical service for the Cuban people,” said the official note, which admitted the decline of the electrical system in Cuba.
Operators are facing a moment of collapse in electricity generation. Vicente de la O Levy, Minister of Energy and Mines of Cubahe explained this Thursday in a appearance on national television that the electrical system is very fragile although, as specified, the conditions are not the same as those that caused the system to collapse weeks ago.
The official explained that the current situation is “tense” and “complex,” although he described it as a different situation.
Although the fuel deficit continues, he admits that the levels They are not at zero, and the Havana lakes are generating electricity, as are the Moa and Energás sites.
“We officially say that the conditions are not there for the system to collapse. The system is weak,” he warned.
Although the blackouts do not decrease, De la O triumphantly expressed that winter would soon arrive and demand would drop.
The Electrical Union (UNE) advertisement that the blackouts will simultaneously cover half of the national territory during peak hours (afternoon-night) this Thursday. In this way, the daily impact of the electrical service recovers the maximum values prior to the total blackout of the countrywhich occurred from October 18 to 22.
