Cuba redoubles efforts to restore the Electricity System

Published at: 19/10/2024 10:56 AM

Cuba's electrical system has experienced several outages in recent days, the most recent being a disconnection that occurred at 6:15am this Saturday, October 19, the Telesur website reported.

Faced with this situation, the authorities have redoubled their efforts to restore energy supply at the national level, prioritizing the creation of microsystems in different areas of the country.

In this regard, the technical director of the National Electric Union, Lázaro Guerra Hernández, explained to the Cuba Vision signal that the Cuban Government is working with speed and coordination to overcome this energy crisis.

“We are making progress in restoring the electrical system in the central-eastern part of the country and we expect to achieve significant progress throughout the day,” he said.

D highlighted that critical areas have been prioritized to ensure that vital centers are supplied.

One of the main focuses of the Government's strategy has been the construction of what Guerra described as “microsystems”, small isolated energy networks that make it possible to keep certain sectors of the country operating.

These microsystems have been made possible by the distributed generation of fuel and diesel engines installed in several provinces. “We have microsystems in practically every province of the country, except for the province of Isla de la Juventud,” he said.

He stressed the importance of these systems for keeping essential services active.

In addition, he noted that more than 650 megawatts (MW) have been installed throughout the country, although a recent failure in the microsystem in the western area caused a new disconnect.

However, Guerra expressed confidence that the restoration will be faster now that technical teams have a clear path to rebuilding the system.

“We have already well defined the road, we had built it before this last fault, so the restoration process in the western area must be faster,” he said.

Mazo News Team