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Cuba imported more fuel in 2023 than the previous year to generate electricity and thus compensate, mainly, the continued fall in the production of its obsolete thermoelectric power plants.<\/p>\n

This is the main conclusion drawn from the annual report \u201cElectricity in Cuba. Selected Indicators 2023″, published Monday by the National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI).<\/p>\n

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Graphic: ONEI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to these figures, gross national generation fell by 2.5 % in 2023 compared to the previous year, to 15 331.1 GW, almost exclusively due to a decline in the output of the so-called Utilities, a category made up mainly of the country’s seven thermoelectric power plants.<\/p>\n

In addition, one of the graphs provided by the report shows that the reduction was 74 % concerning the figures reported in 2019.<\/p>\n

The import of electric energy increased by 73.5 %, from 2590.7 to 4493.8 GW, in the form of fuel used (directly or after refining) in the 1356 generators distributed throughout the country and in the rented floating power plants.<\/p>\n

Thus, the energy generated by imported fuel reached 31 % of that produced in thermoelectric power plants with domestic oil.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, consumption increased by 8 % in year-on-year terms, largely driven by increases in state demand (15.6 %) and residential demand (12.2 %).<\/p>\n

The loss of electricity in transmission and distribution rose by 8.4% year-on-year and, according to ONEI figures, accounted for 18.7% of total energy generation.<\/p>\n

According to the report, fossil fuels accounted for 96.4% of Cuba’s energy mix, while renewables accounted for only 3.6% after their production fell by 6.4% compared to the previous year. Cuba has a stated goal that renewables should account for 24% by 2030.<\/p>\n

The Cuban electricity system is in a precarious situation: its power plants are obsolete after more than four decades of use and the chronic lack of investments and adequate maintenance.<\/p>\n

To this has been added the shortage of imported fuel, due to a lack of foreign currency from the Cuban State or problems in contracting it, according to the government.<\/p>\n

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