Blackouts are back in Cuba.
The electricity generation deficit on the island has skyrocketed so far this week, going from forecast of 135 MW of damage on Monday that has become a forecast of 584 MW of blackouts for this Wednesday, quadrupling the number of expected damages in just 48 hours.
In the daily report that reports on the eternal energy crisis in Cuba, the Electrical Union (UNE) revealed this April 3 that yesterday the service was affected due to a deficit in generation capacity from 3:09 p.m. until 00:37 a.m. today.
The maximum impact was 489 MW at 8:10 p.m., coinciding with peak hour. It is worth clarifying that the value is notably higher than 295 MW that the UNE had predicted for Tuesday.
At 7:00 am. As of April 3, the availability of the national electroenergy system (SEN) was 2,140 MW and the demand was 2,160 MW.
At 6:10 a.m. The service began to be affected due to a deficit in generation capacity and A maximum daytime impact of 180 MW is estimated.
Unit 5 of the Mariel CTE, units 1 and 2 of the Santa Cruz CTE, unit 6 of the Renté CTE and unit 2 of the Felton CTE are out of service due to a breakdown.
Unit 8 of the Mariel CTE and unit 6 of the Nuevitas CTE are under maintenance.
The limitations on thermal generation are 395 MW.
An alarming fact is that 65 distributed generation plants are out of service due to fuel. The Moa fuel plant is receiving fuel and so is the Santiago de Cuba plant, for a total of 587 MW.
For peak hours, it is estimated that six engines will enter the Moa fuel plant, which will provide 96 MW; and the entry of unit 6 of the CTE Renté, which will provide another 70 MW.
Despite the recent arrival at the Matanzas Supertanker base of a shipment of oil from Russia with more than 90 thousand tons, the national electrical energy system continues to be unable to satisfy the electricity demand of Cubans residing on the island.
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