It seems like a curse, but this Tuesday the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, which was not even 72 hours old after it had been synchronized to the National Electro-energy System (SEN), was disconnected again. As published on Facebook by the journalist José Miguel Solísafter almost three days of evaluation, a “rupture in the boiler” appeared.
The general director of the largest plant on the island, Rubén Campos Olmos, explained that once the cooling period is over, it will be time to assess the damage. The engineer mentioned that the failure occurred despite the significant number of improvements that were incorporated into it.
Solís pointed out that “experts in the field are working on the evaluation of the critical path of this period of adjustments,” which would take about a week. “In honor of the truth, the red dot of the Guiteras, continues to be the boiler, equipment that has caused the greatest number of exits from the system in recent months,” the official journalist specified.
Of course this generated reactions. “Hundreds of men working, days and more days and at the end of it all, the same nightmare,” Lester Guevara Alfonso commented in Solís’s publication. “Either the works do not have the required quality or the thermoelectric plant is useless or something happens. What I do believe is already in bad taste, this story.”
Just last Saturday, it was reported that the Matanzas thermoelectric plant after “more than 90 days of maintenance work” had synchronized to the SEN
“What is a crime against humanity is not communication but the inefficiency of the national electrical system. In this case, now the justifications will appear and not those responsible for the results,” wrote Santiago Álvarez.
Just last Saturday, it was reported that the Matanzas thermoelectric plant after “more than 90 days of maintenance work” had synchronized with the SEN. According to the official media cubadebateat the time of connection, Guiteras generated 34 megawatts and they estimated more loads throughout the day.
The island experienced blackouts of up to 20 hours the last Sunday of May. At that time, the Unión Eléctrica (UNE) indicated that unit 1 of the Santa Cruz thermoelectric plant (Mayabeque), unit 5 of Antonio Maceo (Renté, in Santiago de Cuba), unit 2 of Felton (Holguín ) and Energas-Boca de Jaruco, in Puerto Escondido. In addition, Guiteras, unit 5 of Nuevitas and unit 6 of Renté are under maintenance.
This Tuesday, the UNE accepted that there would be limitations on thermal generation (394 MW). In distributed generation, 1,112 MW are unavailable due to failure and 153 MW are under maintenance, it was reported on Facebook.
Despite this, the state company expressed optimism in electricity generation, because for peak hours the entry of unit 2 of Robustiano León (Hydroelectric) with 14 MW is estimated, in addition to three engines in mobile generation with 50 MW , of the Mariel fuel engines with 120 MW and the recovery of 50 MW that are out of fuel.
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