The island, declared by the government in an “energy emergency”, suffered the total disconnection of its system on Friday, after the collapse of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, the most important in the country.
He Hurricane Oscar made landfall this Sunday in the east of Cuba and caused an energy collapse, which is being restored little by little by the authorities.
He hurricane came to one Cuba without electricity since Friday due to a failure in the Antonio thermoelectric plant, the most important on the island, which caused the national system to crash.
The Cuban government said earlier Sunday that it hoped to restore service by Monday night for the vast majority of the island. However, shortly after that announcement, a new failure was recorded, after managing to bring the service to more than 200,000 people in Havanaaccording to the national electricity company.
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50% of customers in Havana recover electrical service
Half of the population of Havana recovered electricity serviceThe energy company in the Cuban capital reported on Monday, four days after the collapse of the national system that caused a blackout on the island.
“At this moment there are 172 circuits with service, which represents 317 MW (megawatts), around 50% of customers are already with service,” said the electricity company of Havana, in a report published by the state news portal Cubadebate.
Cubadeclared by the government in an “energy emergency”, suffered the total disconnection of its electrical system on Friday, after the collapse of the thermoelectric plant Antonio Guiterasthe most important in the country.
He Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levypromised at a conference Sunday to restore service Monday night for the vast majority of the island’s population.
The president Miguel Diaz-Canel For his part, he acknowledged that the situation of the electricity system continues to be “complex.” The blackout caused pot-banging and protests in some neighborhoods of the capital over the weekend.
In the midst of an energy collapse, the Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Sunday afternoon with category 1 in the Cuban province of Guantanamonear the city of Baracoaand then degraded to a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States.
Source: Ambito
