Less than a month after restarting its activity, the thermoelectric Antonio Guiterasin Matanzas, went out of service in an “unforeseen” manner, reported this Saturday the state company Unión Eléctrica (UNE).
“Because of this incident, and because a group of thermoelectric plants are undergoing maintenance to ensure summer, the reserve for the national electricity system to operate normally is insufficient,” the company reported, according to the official site. Cubadebate.
The new fault will cause “affectations of the electrical service during the hours of greatest demand,” added the company, dependent on the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
The UNE assured that it works uninterruptedly to “return the Guiteras thermoelectric unit to the national electrical system.”
On March 17, the Guiteras plant announced that it would be paralyzed for six days, due to an “unforeseen” breakdown, which according to the technical director of the UNE
On March 17, the Guiteras plant announced that I would be paralyzed for six daysdue to an “unforeseen” breakdown, which according to the technical director of the UNE, Lázaro Guerra Hernández, was due to a leak in the unit’s boiler that affected the generation capacity and the decrease in reserves.
Last June there was a breakdown that forced to advance power cuts of more than five hours a day that the Government had planned for summer in all the provinces of the Island.
At that time, the accident occurred in concurrence at the exit of the National Electroenergetic System (SEN) of several units, the Lidio Ramón Pérez de Felton thermoelectric plant, in Holguín, and Renté 6 in Santiago de Cuba. One more example of the chain of problems suffered by electricity generation in the country.
At that time, the stoppages caused electricity cuts of up to six hours, bringing with it the annoyance of the population and this new blackout has not been the exception.
Recently, one of the generating blocks of the Máximo Gómez thermoelectric plant in Mariel, in the province of Artemisa caught fire
“But what is this? When it’s not Juana, it’s the sister! Who puts the bell on the cat?” wrote one of the netizens in the comments of the informative note. “Between the lockdown, old tech, and a lack of $, you don’t get a lighthearted electric news,” wrote another.
Recently, one of the generating blocks of the Máximo Gómez thermoelectric plant in Mariel, in the province of Artemisa, caught fire.
The Government announced in March a planned stoppage to maintain that same plant for generating electricity below its capacity and presenting difficulties with the consumption of water and dirt in the boiler.
At the beginning of April, the Electric Union announced affectations in the service due to other “unforeseen outages” of several generation units in the thermoelectric plants of Felton, in Holguín, and Diez de Octubre in Nuevitas, Camagüey, but days later they were reincorporated into the system.
Since 2021, an energy capacity recovery plan has been underway on the Island, due to the deterioration of the plants due to excessive years of operation, the lack of spare parts and the problems caused by non-compliance with maintenance plans.
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