MIAMI, United States. — Officials from the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines assured this Wednesday that the island’s regime is currently investing in the repair of thermoelectric plants to minimize the massive blackouts that currently affect the country.
During his intervention in the program Round table of Cuban Television, the minister of the sector, Liván Arronte Cruz, pointed out that despite the energy crisis at the national level, measures are being implemented that will gradually resolve the situation.
“The most important thing is that we are not detained, work has been done at all times to solve the situation. The strategy has been updated, maintaining the objective of recovering generation capacities, backed by financing allocated for the execution of this gradual recovery program that allows reaching sustainability,” the official explained.
According to Arronte Cruz, the island’s authorities worked “intensely” during the first six months of the year to guarantee electricity generation during the summer months, a plan that, he said, fell apart due to the breakdowns recorded at the Mariel thermoelectric plant. (Artemis) and Felton (Holguin).
“The breakdowns in the Mariel and Felton thermoelectric plants prevented guaranteeing the electrical service at this stage, as the minimum reserve necessary to cover the system’s demand was lost, a situation that causes annoying blackouts,” he said.
The Minister of Energy and Mines assured that there has been no negligence or intentionality in these events and that, “as occurs in every extraordinary event, the breakdowns have been investigated by multidisciplinary teams, made up of the authorized authorities, and it has been shown that there was no negligence or intention.”
The official also blamed the US embargo for the difficulties that the Island has faced to guarantee the financing of parts, infrastructure and raw materials that allow resolving the energy crisis.
“The energy context is complex worldwide. In the case of Cuba, the situation is further exacerbated by the persistence of the US blockade. There are concrete examples, made public, of how the measures and sanctions imposed by the US Government have directly affected the execution of the works in the electrical system and the energy sector in general,” he said.
Arronte Cruz also maintained that the limitations and instability in obtaining them persist due to the significant increase in prices and the difficulties imposed by the blockade to acquire them.
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