At the Tuinucú Solar Photovoltaic Park, the regime held an official event to celebrate the Electrical Worker’s Day.
LIMA, Peru – The energy crisis in Cuba remains rampant and the daily report of the Electrical Union (UNE), indicates that the National Electrical System (SEN) once again faces a critical generation deficit that will cause prolonged and simultaneous outages in more than half of the country.
According to official information, for the hours of greatest demand—afternoon and night—an availability of only 1,366 MW is expected, compared to an estimated demand of 3,200 MW, which implies a deficit of 1,834 MW. Consequently, the UNE estimates an impact of up to 1,864 MW, which is equivalent to simultaneous blackouts in about 58% of the national territory.
The report indicates that six thermoelectric units They remain out of service due to breakdowns and maintenance, including key plants such as Felton, Mariel, Santa Cruz and Cienfuegos.
Added to this is the paralysis of 96 distributed generation plants due to lack of fuel (901 MW), as well as the unavailability of electric plants due to lack of diesel and lubricants, which account for 1,131 MW unavailable for this reason.
Despite the debacle, on the morning of this January 17 at the Tuinucú Photovoltaic Solar Park in Sancti Spíritus the regime held an official event to celebrate the Electrical Worker’s Day. The event generated outrage in the comments of one of the UNE publications.
“Every day they inaugurate a new park and every day the deficit increases more, check carefully lest instead of generating energy what those parks do is consume,” wrote user María Elena Izquierdo Jurado.
“I thought I was the only one, I was wrong,” agreed Internet user Duvier González in the user’s comment.
The temporary reduction in blackouts at the end of December was perceived by many citizens as a momentary relief. However, the almost immediate return of the cuts has reinforced the feeling that it was a temporary adjustment and not a structural improvement of the system.
The energy crisis on the Island is serious. The Electrical Union has recognized that in Havana unscheduled outages often exceed nine hours a day, while in several provinces homes have only two to four hours of electricity each day.
Added to this are successive failures of aging thermoelectric plants that have caused repeated national blackouts in less than a year, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in decades.
