Unit 1 of Felton’s thermoelectric plant in Holguín, synchronized this Sunday to the National Electric System (SEN). However, the effects on generation They are still high, due to other breakdowns, lack of fuel and existing thermal limitations.
Felton 1 connected yesterday afternoon and already About 6:00 pm He contributed about 150 MW to SEN, but early this Monday was still in “an adjustment process” with a view to reaching 210 MW, As explained Félix Estrada Rodríguez, director of the National Cargo Office of the Electric Union (UNE).
It is, without a doubt, good news after more than two weeks of repairs, although “a series of checks” are still underway to take the machine to the expected levels and stability, according to the specialist.
However, neither the reincorporation of Felton 1 nor that of Unit 5 of Renté This morning – What in both cases is a progressive increase in their loads in the next few hours if no problem occurs – nor that of block 6 of Nuevitas, scheduled for today’s night peak, can avoid another day of blackouts in Cuba.
Already at 6:00 am the affectation was 1270 MW and by noon the similar estimate: 1200 MW.
For the night that figure must amount to 1660 MW, although for this the planned entry of Nuevitas 6 must occur and also incorporate 100 MW of the more than 500 that this morning are not produced due to lack of fuel and lubricants in the distributed generation.
For others, another 527 MW are out of service due to limitations of the thermal units in operation, an elevated figure that involves a significant loss of power between the plants connected to the SEN.
To this we must also add the MWs that are not generated by the blocks in breakdown and maintenance, including Unit 6 of Renté, which suffered an “unforeseen exit” This weekend.
In this way, another week begins in the already prolonged energy crisis that Cuba suffers and in which the expected entry of Felton 1 does not appeal yet the constant blackouts.
