The General Director of the Electronics Industry Company Comandante Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán, Edel Gómez Gómez, called on all economic actors in the country to join in solar generation to alleviate the electricity crisis.
In statements collected by Canal Caribe regarding the energy transition in Cuba, the communist leader noted: "I believe that we cannot leave the Electric Union to fight this battle alone. All economic actors must participate, whether they are TCP, MIPYME, or state-owned enterprises."
The state-owned company belongs to the GELEC Group. Gómez Gómez detailed that they operate 22 internal photovoltaic parks and produce more than 8,000 kWh daily, of which about 5,000 kWh are allocated to their own production processes.
"We deliver between 3,000 and 3,500 kWh daily to the system, depending on how the sun behaves that day," he said regarding the contribution to the National Electric System (SEN).
The leader extended the call beyond the business sector: “Today, we must ensure that all possible companies join this task of addressing the blackout. And I go even further. I believe that all possible households should also get involved.”
To illustrate the logic of collective effort, he quoted the regime's leader: "If everyone, according to their possibilities, puts up one panel, two panels, three panels, a thousand panels, we are gradually taking pieces away, as our president says, from the problem that is the blackout we have today."
The company is also exploring small wind turbines as a nighttime complement to solar energy. "The sun cannot be blocked by anyone, but neither can the wind," noted Gómez Gómez.
The magnitude of the deficit renders the contribution irrelevant
The official's speech contrasts with the actual magnitude of the crisis. On July 8, Cuba recorded its largest electrical deficit in history: 2,341 MW.
In that context, the 3,000 to 3,500 kWh provided daily by the electronics industry amounts to just over 3 MWh, a negligible fraction compared to a deficit that exceeds 2,000 MW during peak demand hours.
Cuba has experienced at least five total disconnections from the SEN so far in 2026. In Havana, power outages averaged around 15 hours per day, while in Matanzas, interruptions of up to 87 consecutive hours were reported.
The causes of blackouts in Cuba are structural. The country has aging thermal power plants, a chronic shortage of fuel, and a historical dependence on oil imports, which worsened after the capture of Nicolás Maduro in January 2026 and Donald Trump's energy policies against Cuba.
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