The Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant synchronized with the national electrical system (SEN) this Monday after an oil leak, which left it out of service last Friday, was repaired.
According to the official journalist José Miguel Solís, as reported on Facebook, the Matanzas power plant synchronized at 1:36 am and is already gaining power.
The system login occurred a few minutes before the time forecasted in the latest report, around 2:10 am, after the central unit turned on the boiler at 5:10 am on Sunday.
The experts said that day that the disconnection would be resolved "as soon as possible," after calculating an approximate period of 30 hours to solve the detected issue.
According to the engineer Roman Perez Castañeda, the technical deputy director of the power plant, the repair works were progressing smoothly without major setbacks.
On Saturday, the Guiteras plant went out of service due to an oil leak in the generator's lubrication system, a situation that further worsened the expected generation deficit for that day, resulting in more power outages for the population.
Pérez Castañeda was optimistic in stating that the progress of the repairs indicated the possibility of the unit rejoining the power grid before the peak demand hours on Sunday, which ultimately did not happen.
Recently, the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel admitted that there were no guarantees that the summer months would pass without disruptions to the electrical service. "There may be a blackout at a certain time, and we will work to ensure that they are not prolonged, that they are not of long duration," he said.
Díaz-Canel reiterated what the Electric Union (UNE) announced days earlier, that power outages will increase in June due to the increase in maintenance work at the thermoelectric plants, in order to try to guarantee service in July and August.
"We will have prolonged maintenance work until the month of June in order to minimize the inconvenience of power outages during the summer, especially in the months of July and August," he noted.
According to the director of UNE, Alfredo López Valdés, no maintenance works have been planned for any thermoelectric plant in July, which does not mean that things are going to go well. "We are going to have the breakdowns that normally occur in the system, we are going to have the limitations that normally occur in the system," he said.
La Guiteras has been in and out of the system for a while due to continuous breakdowns and malfunctions, in the midst of an energy crisis that has kept the population experiencing power outages of up to 18 hours in some areas.
In mid-April, the power plant synchronized with the National Electric System (SEN) after almost five days out of service due to a boiler breakdown. UNE had announced that the plant would stop for maintenance on three Mondays, but the work extended to five days. According to the information, the facility had "boiler defects."
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