The new star of the Cuban regime, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, continues to work tirelessly to prevent the definitive collapse of the national electric power system (SEN) before the country transitions to an energy matrix with a high presence of renewable energy sources.
Hence, the same person travels in May to the Lidio Ramón Pérez thermoelectric power plant in Felton, Holguín, to supervise maintenance work and discover "22,000 tubes that need to be cleaned" in its condenser, which opens this Sunday at the third International Fair of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in Havana, with his rehearsed speech on government strategies for the installation of solar panels.
The statements of De la O Levy, like all those from the "continuity" government of Miguel Díaz-Canel, are a testament to ignorance and indecency. A government that is held accountable in a show staged by State Security can afford the impudence that the Palace ministers allow themselves, who do not take responsibility for their management and mock the population.
The Cuban regime, the true power behind the Palace's offices, wants and needs ministers like De la O Levy. Its project of eternal domination over the fate of Cubans requires officials like the head of Energy and Mines, who doesn't flinch a bit to say that the maintenance of thermoelectric plants is more complex than NASA launches, because they have 22,000 dirty pipes, the cleaning of which is a herculean task.
But this Sunday, the minister who promised a minute of energy generated without imported fuels by 2025 looked into the eyes of the journalist who rocks the cradle (Bernardo Espinoza, who else) to make a new promise like a bubble of saliva: by 2030 (until then he plans to remain in his office), the country will be able to produce 30% of the energy it consumes from renewable energy sources.
That is why the government is now making so many "financial sacrifices," not only to pay for oil to its suppliers but also to buy parts, raw materials, and other supplies to keep its obsolete thermal power plants alive. And among those "financial sacrifices," De la O Levy highlights the one they are making to begin the energy transition in the country.
Producing 30% of energy from renewable sources is not an easy task; it is another herculean effort that requires hiring labor and a devilishly complicated logistical management, because "there are a lot of containers" that need to be moved to the Island.
"To give you an idea: there are millions of photovoltaic solar panels; there are hundreds of millions of screws, nuts, washers, steel structures, piles to drive... there are thousands and thousands of piles to drive..." explained De la O Levy to Espinoza.
From the 22,000 tubes to the hundreds of millions of screws, Cubans will continue to wait for the day when blackouts are a thing of the past. The regime knows that this type of explanation, like the megawatts of "impacts," is irrefutable for an indoctrinated and coerced people, so it will insist on its propaganda and repression.
Resolving the collapse of the SEN is not their priority, but rather brainwashing and imprisoning. Cubans will experience blackouts day after day, but on the news, they will see that there is "progress" in the driving of piles, tightening of nuts, screws, and washers, and in the cleaning of thousands of other pipes.
By 2025, there will be one minute of energy produced by renewable sources, and the mission will be to "start increasing it" until in 2030 it reaches 157,680 minutes (30% of renewable energy). Until then, Minister Vicente De la O Levy will not rest, overseeing containers with millions of nuts and bolts, and lending a hand in cleaning tens of thousands of tubes.
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