This Thursday, blackouts continue in Cuba, and the forecast increases to 800 MW of outages for today after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant was not reconnected to the National Electric System (SEN), as the breakdown could not be resolved within the initially announced timeframe.
In his daily television appearance, Lázaro Guerra Hernández, general director of Electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), explained that the Guiteras will be out of the National Electric System for several days, but he did not specify how many.
Downplaying the matter, he took the opportunity to point out that they were already planning to stop the Guiteras for several days at the beginning of September to address some accumulated issues, and he emphasized that the breakdown has simply brought the departure date forward.
"We said yesterday that there was a chance it could be incorporated into the System within 24 hours. That did not happen. There is a team that is malfunctioning. Actions were taken yesterday, but it was not possible because major faults were found in that equipment, and it was not possible to 'bring it in' today. It will take a few days to resolve this issue," he said.
Yesterday, the electrical service in Cuba was severely affected due to a generation capacity deficit that lasted for 24 hours.
Although the service was restored at 3:05 a.m. this morning, the highest volume of outages was recorded at 8:50 p.m., coinciding with peak hours, reaching a value of 732 MW.
At 7:00 a.m. today, the availability of the National Electric System was 2,270 MW, while demand reached 2,210 MW, which allowed for the maintenance of service throughout the system.
However, it is estimated that at noon, there will be a maximum impact of 250 MW due to the generation capacity deficit.
Breakdowns and limitations in generation
Currently, four units of the SEN are out of service due to breakdowns: unit 1 of the Santa Cruz Thermoelectric Power Plant, unit 2 of the Felton Thermoelectric Power Plant, unit 1 of the Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant, and unit 5 of Renté.
These breakdowns contribute to a limitation in thermal generation of 424 MW.
In addition, 41 distributed generation plants remain out of service due to lack of fuel, affecting a total of 207 MW.
Forecast for today
Under these conditions, a capacity of 2,270 MW is expected against an estimated maximum demand of 3,000 MW during peak hour, resulting in a deficit of 730 MW.
If the forecasts hold, a maximum impact of 800 MW is expected during the night, worsening the situation for Cuban consumers.
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