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The country’s main thermoelectric plant has suffered at least 17 shutdowns in 2026, while its workers struggle to keep an exhausted facility running. 14ymedio, Havana, July 3, 2026 – No Cuban is surprised anymore to learn that the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant has gone offline from the National Electric System (SEN). “And when did it … Continue reading “‘And When Did It Come Online?’ Cubans Mock Yet Another Guiteras Power Plant Shutdown”

The boiler is experiencing another problem, three days after the last repair, and the expected deficit stands at 2,085 megawatts this Monday. 14ymedio, Madrid, June 15, 2026 / WWhen state journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso warned on his Facebook account this Monday morning about the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant being taken offline from the national electricity … Continue reading “The Guiteras Power Plant Goes Offline Again, for the Fifteenth Time So Far This Year”

The UNE forecasts a 2,072 MW shortfall during Saturday’s peak hours after a full day of blackouts 14ymedio, Havana, May 30, 2026 — The Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, the largest single generating unit in Cuba, has once again gone offline from the National Electric System (SEN) for a reason that encapsulates the deterioration of the … Continue reading “Cuba’s Guiteras Power Plant Goes Offline Again Due to “Lack of Raw Water””

The José Martí power plant was taken out of service, like many others in the national electricity system, due to obsolescence and lack of maintenance. 14ymedio, Havana, 23 May 2025 — The authorities of Matanzas have not explained why they never “gave a destination” to the 500 cubic meters of fuel stored for ten years … Continue reading “A Tank of Crude Oil Stored for Ten Years in an Abandoned Plant in Matanzas, Cuba Is Leaking”

Cuban authorities also recovered a unit from the Antonio Maceo thermoelectric plant in Santiago de Cuba, but admit that the shortage is high in the country 14ymedio, Havana, 2 February 2025 — The anxiety of living from blackout to blackout has no end for Cubans who, in recent days, have once again suffered a deficit … Continue reading “With the Unforeseen Departure of the Guiteras Power Plant, Cuba’s Expected Deficit of the UNE Reaches 2,595 Megawatts”

The fire has already been extinguished by firefighters, and “an immense layer of foam covers the place,” according to the official press 14ymedio, Havana, 15 June 2024 — “We are still waiting for the official reports of the disasters and accidents in the last five years,” complained a reader of Cubadebate this Friday, at the … Continue reading “Negligence or Sabotage, the Readers of ‘Cubadebate’ Comment on the Fire at the Guiteras Power Plant”

14ymedio, Madrid, 21 March 2024 — At 8 p.m. this Wednesday, the Antonio Guiteras de Matanzas thermoelectric plant had reached 280 megawatts (MW), its maximum power, which it maintains today, Thursday, at the beginning of the day. The news about the main electricity generation unit in the country must now be given like this, because … Continue reading “Cuba’s Guiteras Power Plant Reaches Its Maximum Without Solving the Island’s Energy Deficit”

14ymedio, Madrid, 20 March 2024 — The main thermoelectric power plant in the country, the Antonio Guiteras of Matanzas, left the National Electric System (SEN) just 24 hours after its synchronization. Without further details, early in the morning of Wednesday, the Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) announced that its only unit is out of service … Continue reading “La Guiteras Power Plant Lasts Only One Day Before Shutting Down on the Cuban Electric System”

14ymedio, Madrid, 26 January 2024 — In just two hours, a storm of indignant comments has fallen on the Facebook page of the Electric Union of Cuba (UNE), which announces for this Friday a deficit of 1,010 megawatts (MW) during peak hours. The figure is one of the highest that can be remembered, after November … Continue reading “With the Felton and Guiteras Power Plants Out of Combat, a New Season of Blackouts Arrives in Cuba”

14ymedio, Havana, September 18, 2023 – A few hours had passed since the closing of the G-77 plus China Summit, held in Havana, when the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, located in Matanzas, left the National Electricity System (SEN), which this Sunday had a deficit of 274 megawatts (MW); today, Monday,  it foresees the lack of … Continue reading “The G-77 Summit in Cuba Has Ended, and the Blackouts Return With a New Breakdown in La Guiteras”

14ymedio, Havana, 24 August 2023 — The directors of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant reported on Thursday the departure from the National Electric System (SEN) for approximately 72 hours, almost three months after it received capital maintenance. The authorities, who have tried to downplay the fact by alleging “repairs and maintenance,” reported that the plant, … Continue reading “Three Months After Completing a Capital Repair, Cuba’s Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant Goes out of Service”

14ymedio, Havana, 6 November 2022 — The largest thermoelectric power plant in Cuba, Antonio Guiteras de Matanzas, was disconnected again this Saturday. The Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) reported that its departure from the National Electricity System was due to a “technological failure” that occurred 19 days after its synchronization to the network. In an … Continue reading “Cuban Experts Continue to Look for the ‘Technological Failure’ in the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant”

14ymedio, Havana, 19 October 2022 — The announcement that the Antonio Guiteras thermal power plant, in Matanzas, must be disconnected for three months for a comprehensive repair definitively contradicts Miguel Díaz-Canel’s promise about the end of the blackouts by December. Outdated and defective technology, natural disasters and increasingly serious breakdowns, plus the impossibility of thorough … Continue reading “Cuba’s Guiteras Thermal Electric Plant will be Out of Service for Three Months for Repairs”