Almost half of the island of Cuba is without electricity, due to a fault in the network, announced the National Electricity Company (UNE), five months after a general “blackout.”
Seven of the country’s 15 provinces are affected.
Since 2022, electricity production has been declining, due to the poor condition of its eight power plants, which are often out of service and even stopped due to lack of maintenance.
On September 27, after Hurricane Ian hit the west of the country, all of Cuba was left in the dark, affecting 11.1 million Cubans.
The Cuban leaders have already admitted that during the first half of October 2022, electricity production fell to “unprecedented levels, 37.9%” of the country’s total capacity.
During this period, power outages averaged 10 hours per day per inhabitant. However, since December the situation has improved.
In addition to the eight thermoelectric plants, Cuba also has eight generator ships, leased from a Turkish company, as well as some solar and wind energy production units.
The slow return of electricity in early October sparked rare demonstrations of discontent on several blocks of Havana.
Power outages had already been one of the main reasons for the unprecedented demonstrations that rocked the regime in July 2021.
Source: TSF
