The Isla de la Juventud Electric Company received a donation of 17 million dollars from Japan, which will be used to improve energy supply.
This is a joint collaboration between the Electric Union and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which will allow the installation of 15 more MGW in photovoltaic solar panels.
The civil works of the project, the first of its kind in the country, are currently 76 percent complete.
"It is already underway, I am very happy to see these advances," he told the telecenter Islavision Hirata Kenji, Japanese ambassador to Cuba, visiting the facility this week.
This is the structure that will sustain the technology supplied to Cuba by the Japanese consortium formed by the companies Nishizawa Limited and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, which offered the Isle of Youth a system of rapid discharge batteries to regulate, stabilize and manage energy in photovoltaic or wind farms.
The diplomat praised the project, which he noted will place the special municipality as a pioneer in the use of this technology to deliver a stable electrical service without fluctuations.
At the end of June, the Unión Eléctrica de Cuba (UNE) and the aforementioned Japanese companies signed the agreement to reinforce the energy matrix of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality, through a project valued at more than 17 million dollars.
JICA's non-refundable financial assistance allowed Cuba to access the valuable offer of the Japanese consortium.
Cuba is going through an energy crisis unprecedented in recent decades, with constant blackouts of up to 12 hours that affect the population and cause significant damage to the economy.
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