{"id":257101,"date":"2022-08-28T14:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=257101"},"modified":"2022-08-28T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:56:54","slug":"electric-system-in-cuba-complications-at-least-until-december-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/electric-system-in-cuba-complications-at-least-until-december-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric system in Cuba. Complications at least until December 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

The situation in Cuba due to its <\/span>industrial inability to generate the necessary electricity<\/b><\/a> continues to be \u201cvery tense\u201d due to fires, breakdowns and instability in the operating units, according to the Minister of Energy and Mines, Liv\u00e1n Arronte, on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a television intervention, for which he was accompanied by managers and specialists from the Electricity Conglomerate (UNE), the official insisted that incidents at thermoelectric plants have prevented guaranteeing electricity service during the summer, as the minimum reserve necessary to cover demand was lost. , which causes annoying blackouts according to a report from Prensa Latina (PL) news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Arronte assured that there has been no \u201cnegligence or intentionality,\u201d so the current situation is \u201cthe result of lack of maintenance and the impossibility of solving existing technological problems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To this deficiency, due to the long hours without electricity that the Cuban people suffer today, are added the limitations for the purchase of fuel \u201cgiven the significant increase in prices in the international market and the difficulties imposed by the economic blockade of the United States to acquire them; as well as the problems that this policy generates for access to equipment and parts,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The current generation deficit, produced in the midst of a deep Cuban economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, causes distressing blackouts that affect both the population and various high-consuming industries, \u201cwhich will have repercussions on the country\u2019s economic recovery.\u201d warned the minister, quoted by the Cuban agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arronte assured that the solutions are not immediate, but gradual. He said that they updated a generation capacity recovery strategy, backed by the financing assigned for the execution of a program that allows reaching sustainability. \u201cThe purpose is to advance in the recovery of these capacities, but also to execute investments that allow a gradual recovery of the electrical system,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under this intention, before the end of the year, the authorities intend to restore 489 megawatts (MW) of power, which are not available due to technological limitations in thermal power plants (291 MW) and in distributed generation (198 MW). They also adopt measures to incorporate, at the end of December, 531 MW through the execution of new investments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Electricity crisis in Cuba: foreign investment and more fossil fuels<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n