The Electric Union of Cuba has given Cubans a bleak weekend. Yesterday, service was affected due to a generation capacity deficit throughout the day.
On the night of this Saturday, there were power outages amounting to approximately 985 MW. The time of maximum impact was at 9:00 p.m., coinciding with peak hours.
The figure was higher than the 840 MW that the UNE had forecasted. However, unit 1 of the Felton CTE came into service at 3:51 a.m. this Sunday.
Engineer Lázaro Guerra Hernández, director of Electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, stated in declarations to Cuban television that the expected impact for today is anticipated to be lower than yesterday's, which was 650 MW, as they expect two of the units currently listed as out of service to be operational during peak hours.
With that, the Electric Union is counting on reducing the expectation of blackouts for today, a forecast that, of course, dozens of internet users do not believe.
The written report from the UNE indicates that six thermoelectric units remain out of service due to breakdowns.
They are: unit 1, 2, and 3 of CTE Santa Cruz, unit 4 of CTE Cienfuegos, unit 5 of CTE Nuevitas, and unit 2 of CTE Felton.
The availability of the SEN at 7:00 a.m. was 2,340 MW and the demand was 2,400 MW, with 100 MW affected.
For the daytime period of this August 11, a 300 MW impact is expected. The limitations in thermal generation are 431 MW.
48 distributed generation plants are out of service due to fuel, totaling 300 MW affected by this concept.
For the peak, the entry of unit 3 of the Santa Cruz Thermal Power Plant is estimated at 60 MW, the entry of unit 5 of the Nuevitas Thermal Power Plant at 70 MW, and the recovery of 50 MW that are currently offline due to a lack of fuel.
Based on these alleged additions, a capacity of 2,520 MW is expected, with a maximum demand of 3,100 MW, resulting in a deficit of 580 MW. Therefore, if the expected conditions persist, a shortfall of 650 MW is forecasted during peak hours.
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