A small communication base station in Cuba has power supply

Did a major power plant fail in Cuba?

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity in an outage that started two days earlier. READ MORE: Cuba’s electrical grid goes offline after major power plant fails

How does Cuba get its power?

Officials said the state-owned power company UNE was using distributed generation to provide power to some areas of the island and that a gas-fired thermoelectric plant was starting operations. Cuba gets its power from huge thermoelectric plants like Antonio Guiteras and some smaller ones, which require crude oil to operate.

What happened to Cuba's power plant?

The situation came to a head on Friday, when Cuba's largest power plant malfunctioned, joining several smaller plants already offline. Foul weather had also stalled the arrival of fuel from tanker ships offshore, starving the island's power plants. The combination prompted the entire grid to collapse.

How will sanctions affect Cuba's electric power system?

The real impact of the sanctions on the island’s Electric Power System cannot be minimized. The damage to this sector, between March 2023 and February of this year, amounted to 388,239,830 dollars, according to official estimates from Cuba.

What happened to electricity in Cuba?

Cuba's government on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country's major power plants failed and left millions without electricity in an outage that started two days earlier.

What are Cuba's emergency measures to slash electricity demand?

The Cuban government has announced emergency measures to slash electricity demand, including suspending classes, shutting down some state-owned workplaces and canceling nonessential services. Officials said that 1.64 gigawatts went offline during peak hours, about half the total demand at the time.