The Energy Collapse in Cuba Has Its Origin in Fidel Castro’s Commitment to Generators

The same mistake is now being made with Chinese photovoltaic parks, which are doomed to failure. 14ymedio, Especialista Zea, Havana, 13 January 2025 — When the Island was plunged into the first total blackout last year on October 17, both the population and the technicians of the National Electric Union (SEN) wondered if the collapse … Continue reading “The Energy Collapse in Cuba Has Its Origin in Fidel Castro’s Commitment to Generators”

Cuba’s Electric Union Breaks Its Silence and Announces That the New Turkish Power Plant Is Only Visiting

Random “crashes” multiply, and a fourth total blackout is feared 14ymedio, Madrid, 14 December 2024 — Five days after the arrival in Havana of the new Turkish floating power plant, the Cankuthan Bey, the Cuban Electric Union (UNE) acknowledged its presence. The UNE confirmed on X this Friday that, as published by 14ymedio, the ‘patana’, … Continue reading “Cuba’s Electric Union Breaks Its Silence and Announces That the New Turkish Power Plant Is Only Visiting”

Lights Come Back On in Havana but Some Blocks Still Don’t Have Power

The recovery process in the east is much slower and residents fear how Hurricane Oscar might affect that. 14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 21 October 2024 — “They all wear sweaters under their uniforms in case they’re ordered to out onto the street. This way they can take off their shirts, blend into the crowd … Continue reading “Lights Come Back On in Havana but Some Blocks Still Don’t Have Power”

With Few Exceptions, Cuba Remains in Darkness Despite Effort to Reboot the Nation’s Power Plants

14ymedio, Havana, October 19, 2024 — By Saturday it will be 24 hours since a massive power outage gripped Cuba on Friday morning. Meanwhile, getting the nation’s power grid back up and running seems to be moving slowly. 14ymedio was able to confirm that electricity was restored to a few isolated facilities in Havana such … Continue reading “With Few Exceptions, Cuba Remains in Darkness Despite Effort to Reboot the Nation’s Power Plants”

Cuba Will Remain Without Electricity at Least Until Saturday

UNE announced the “total disconnection” of the Electrical System The Antonio Guiteras power plant had scheduled maintenance, but it did not last until the scheduled date With the country in darkness and the economy paralyzed, Marrero says that Cuba “is not yet in a bottomless abyss” 14ymedio, Havana, 18 October 2024 — The Cuban Ministry … Continue reading “Cuba Will Remain Without Electricity at Least Until Saturday”

Water Shortages in Havana Continue Despite Repairs

Cuba’s water crisis is affected by problems with the electricity supply 14ymedio, Havana, 28 June 2024 — Havana continues with an intermittent water service, like that suffered by other provinces, in a water crisis that is marked by problems with the electricity supply on the Island. This Friday, if the residents of the capital turn … Continue reading “Water Shortages in Havana Continue Despite Repairs”

‘Provacateurs’ Are Taking Advantage of Cubans’ Unrest Over Blackouts, Charges State TV’s Round Table Program

14ymedio, Madrid, 19 March 2024 — At 3:54 in the afternoon this Monday, the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant was synchronized with the National Electric System and, if all goes well, in the next few hours it will be able to contribute 280 megawatts (MW), said the Minister of Energy and Minas, Vicente de la O Levy. Added … Continue reading “‘Provacateurs’ Are Taking Advantage of Cubans’ Unrest Over Blackouts, Charges State TV’s Round Table Program”

Diaz-Canel Inaugurates a Cuban-style ‘Hello President’ Program

14ymedio, Madrid, 22 March 2024 — “A big movement is beginning, like the one that was made in the Energy Revolution,” Cuba’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy announced in the first edition of the program Desde la Presidencia, a kind of Cuban “Hello President,” with Miguel Díaz-Canel as host and … Continue reading “Diaz-Canel Inaugurates a Cuban-style ‘Hello President’ Program”

Blackouts Have Reduced Sugar Production by Half in the ‘Colossus of Cuba’

14ymedio, Havana, 9 March 2024 — The Antonio Guiteras sugar mill in Puerto Padre (Las Tunas) has lost 75% of grinding time due to the prolonged blackouts suffered in Cuba. The lack of electricity interrupts the process of receiving and cleaning the cane every day for between four and five hours, before it is transferred … Continue reading “Blackouts Have Reduced Sugar Production by Half in the ‘Colossus of Cuba’”

Cuba Needs 10 Billion Dollars and Ten Years To Rebuild Its Thermoelectric Plants

14ymedio, Madrid, 6 March 2024 — The repair of Cuba’s obsolete infrastructure to produce electricity would take between six and ten years, in addition to a colossal investment: 10 billion dollars. It is one of the devastating figures included in a report from Cuba Siglo 21 signed by Emilio Morales and made public this Wednesday. … Continue reading “Cuba Needs 10 Billion Dollars and Ten Years To Rebuild Its Thermoelectric Plants”

In the Middle of January, Cuba Has the Same Energy Deficit It Had in August

14ymedio, Madrid, 29 January 2024 — “The blackouts are aggressive and extreme.” The population reacts to the energy deficit announced for this Monday with astonishment and anger, like this resident from Sancti Spíritus. “They are turning it off twice a day, in the morning and at night. According to the frequency that is planned in … Continue reading “In the Middle of January, Cuba Has the Same Energy Deficit It Had in August”

The Delay in Grinding the Sugar Heralds Another Calamitous Harvest in Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 13 January 2024 — The 2023-2024 sugar harvest has just begun in Cuba, but the regime cannot hide that, once again, it will end in a debacle. None of the Ciego de Ávila sugar mills, for example, have begun to grind. In an article published this Friday, the newspaper Invasor says that the … Continue reading “The Delay in Grinding the Sugar Heralds Another Calamitous Harvest in Cuba”

Electricity Thefts and Blackouts Go Hand in Hand in Cuba

14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 13 January 2024 — Camila, 52 years old, checks the number on the meter up to three times a day. She leaves her apartment in the Wajay neighborhood in Havana, reaches the common area where all the devices of the five-storey building and dozens of apartments are located and takes … Continue reading “Electricity Thefts and Blackouts Go Hand in Hand in Cuba”

Cuba Registers a ‘Large-Scale Electrical Breakdown’ in Santa Clara, the First of the Year

14ymedio, Havana, January 5, 2024 — Bad news for the year’s energy forecast. The collapse of a pole in front of the Unión Cuba Petróleo Company (Cupet) at the exit of the Santa Clara Subplant, in the province of Villa Clara, is the first incident described by the authorities as a “large-scale electrical breakdown.” The … Continue reading “Cuba Registers a ‘Large-Scale Electrical Breakdown’ in Santa Clara, the First of the Year”

‘A Sad Sunday for the Revolutionary Proletariat in Cuba’ With Blackouts of up to 12 Hours

14ymedio, Madrid, 6 November 2023 — The population has not yet felt the return of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, located In Matanzas, which had a three-day break for scheduled maintenance after its last breakdown a month and a half ago and was synchronized again with the National Electricity System (SEN) this Sunday, after a … Continue reading “‘A Sad Sunday for the Revolutionary Proletariat in Cuba’ With Blackouts of up to 12 Hours”