Madrid Spain.- The Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) ad blackouts for this Tuesday as an availability of 2,728 MW and a maximum demand of 2,950 MW are forecast.
Regarding the current situation of the thermoelectric plants, the UNE reported that units 6, 7 and 8 of the Mariel Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE), units 1 and 2 of the CTE Felton and unit 3 of the CTE are out of service due to breakdowns. Rent. Unit 6 of the CTE Nuevitas is undergoing maintenance.
During the early hours of this Tuesday the service remained affected. While on Monday there was a capacity deficit 24 hours a day, indicates an informative note shared on Facebook by the Electric Union.
According to they said directors of the National Electric System (SEN) this July 18, the energy crisis in Cuba has no solution in the short or medium term.
According to statements issued in the Round table by Liván Arronte Cruz, Minister of Energy and Mines of Cuba, the fire that occurred on July 8 in unit two of the Felton thermoelectric plant, in Holguín, will prevent “fulfilling the commitment planned for the summer”, for which the Cubans will continue to experience blackouts during these extremely hot months.
In this regard, the director of generation of the UNE, Edier Guzmán Pacheco, specified: “We do not yet have the solution planned. The project to disassemble the damaged parts and continue with the reconstruction of the boiler, to put it into service, is being studied”.
The blackouts on the Island were among the main triggers for the anti-government demonstrations of 11J last year, and those that occurred recently on the University of Camaguey “Ignacio Agramonte” and in the town of The palaces, in Pinar del Rio.
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