The energy crisis in Cuba is intensifying again with blackouts exceeding 15 hours in several regions of the country.
According to the update provided According to engineer Lázaro Guerra Hernández, General Director of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the national electric system faces a "deficit in generation capacity", which has caused severe damages to the electric service.
During the morning broadcast of the program Good morningThe meeting, broadcast from the headquarters of Unión Eléctrica (UNE), explained that the current conditions of the system are "complex", due to multiple factors that coincide and aggravate the situation.
Guerra detailed that on Saturday "there were high affectations during the whole day", with a peak affectation of 1,651 megawatts at 8:20 p.m., while for Sunday, a deficit of 1,545 MWpotentially affecting up to 1,615 MW of service.
Why are there so many blackouts in Cuba?
One of the main causes of the collapse is the shutdown of unit number zero of the Mariel thermoelectric plant, due to cooling problems. In addition, five units are under maintenance, including unit three of the Antonio Maceo (Renté) thermoelectric plant in Santiago de Cuba, which is expected to be reincorporated into the system during the course of the day.
Another critical factor is the shortage of diesel fuel for distributed generation. "We are highly affected by the lack of diesel fuel for distributed generation," said the executive, although he stated that there are plans to increase the distribution of this type of fuel.
The engineer also claimed that the increase in temperatures has generated a rise in energy demand. "As temperatures increase, demand also increases," he explained, adding that this phenomenon, combined with the generation deficit, "means that absolute demands tend to increase practically throughout the day".
Will there be any relief? According to the information provided, the addition of Renté 3 is expected to help alleviate the load slightly during the peak demand of the day, although forecasts are still worrying. "The affectation is going to be high," the CEO warned.
Donde esta el combustible donado por Rusia hace nada, en ciudad de la Habana es un pequeño corte y muy avisado en otras provincias es apagones abusivos. somos cubanos todos. oj
In Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas, San Fernando area, it went out at 3 am today, it is after 3 pm and they have not put it on. On Sunday, we have only 3 hours of current during the day.
Why comment? if the government does not even feel alluded to by them, nor responsible for that situation, they are not ashamed of it, they do not apologize to the people for their inefficiency, as they blame everything bad on the "blockade", they do not even blush.
The country's electro-energy situation is so serious that, if it is radicalized, it will lead to Cuba's departure not only from the rails of development, but also from the patterns that characterize human civilization.
A lot of words but no solution and this is very stressful.
what is there is no shame and you can't do the Cuban families words do not solve the problems less talk and more action
Good morning, I do not understand the explanation they give every day of the deficit that there is at any time of day under that deficit, and the peak time is supposedly all day with the dawn. publish that inaugurate photovoltaic park and remains the same deficit. It is said that there is no fuel, but the ships that enter the port are resting on water. We Cubans specialize in giving justification for everything and not giving solutions to the problems and let's not talk about the blockade that has been going on for 66 years with the same justification. A country without electricity cannot develop its economy. If someday the United States attacks us, we will be 40% of the country sleeping because of the blackouts. Thank you very much.
It is necessary to analyze the blackout plan of Cienfuegos by number of inhabitants and compare it with the rest of the country, it is very high and this does not allow the province to have a blackout plan, turning off the same people every day for more than 18 continuous hours, which does not allow any type of possible organization.
It is necessary to analyze the blackout plan of the province of Cienfuegos, which is too large in terms of number of inhabitants compared to the same index of the rest of the provinces, this causes that Cienfuegos cannot have a blackout plan with more than 18 hours of continuous power outage and every day, and in the absence of a plan, people cannot organize themselves either.
please send the calendar to the village so that when the power is on they can cook and get water.
Tun Tun. Who is it?
I am the Light.
Good, come in!
No thanks, I'm leaving now
Who does not remember this?
We have already experienced what we are experiencing now, only that we are at the extreme.
Everyone is fed up with the blackouts. You can't rest day or night, the schedules are not followed. They turn on the power at the right time and 10 minutes later they turn it off again. Not even Fabre's song does anything to what we are experiencing.
what more elevanda in Pinar del rio yesterday Sunday only put it 45minute and the Felton is fine I have family there and have not had hardly blackouts are ending with Pinar del rio without words.
In short, this situation in Cuba is unbearable, too much suffering for the people.
And where is the energy from the solar parks inaugurated, in the east there are still the same blackouts in this schedule and they have synchronized several, better to put them all for the capital, in the end it is known that all or most of the energy goes there.
why don't they talk about the blockade? that's hypocrisy.plp
THOSE WHO. ARE. FAST. REMOVING. THE. ELEXTRICITY. .OF. DAY. RIGHT. NIGHT. IS. SABOTAGE. TO. COUNTRY. THEREFORE. THE COMRADES OF THE. D.S.E..MUST. BE. ATTENTION. TO. CONDUCT. C.R.