Thermal power plants

Cubans mock updates from the CTE Antonio Guiteras: "The story of the good pipe."

Prosecutor's Office investigates alleged sabotage in Artemisa following cable cuts at the Mariel thermoelectric plant

La Guiteras suffers another setback and extends its repair period

A malfunction has been confirmed in the economizer of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant

MINEM claims that the SEN is connected "from Pinar del Río to Nuevitas," and Cubans respond: "In your imagination."

The Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant suffers another breakdown after Cuba's eighth massive blackout

Slow recovery of the SEN after the eighth total blackout in Cuba in 2026

UNE provides an update on the restoration of service following the SEN outage

Cuba experiences a new total disconnection from the National Electric System

No relief in Cuba: blackouts continue above 2,000 MW

Another critical day: Cuba faces outages of over 2,000 MW

Economist estimates that Cuba needs to grow by 5% for a decade: is it possible?

Deficit of over 2,000 MW, but an official claims that blackouts in Cuba "have significantly decreased."

The Cuban regime boasts of electrical improvements while over 1,200 MW remain idle due to a lack of fuel

"Havana with 0 damages": the official triumphalism while the rest of Cuba remains in the dark

Ulises Toirac: "You can build seven new thermoelectric plants, transport oil through pipelines... In 15 years, blackouts will still be happening."

Ulises Toirac holds the Cuban government responsible for decades of errors in energy policy

Razones de Cuba responds to Rubio but avoids uncomfortable questions about hotel investment and the SEN crisis

Cuba begins another week of massive blackouts: more than 2,200 MW of impact is forecasted

Unit 3 of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes thermoelectric plant in Cienfuegos is offline from the National Electric System

Cuban official reporter praises Guiteras' record: "30 days in a row, who would have thought, right?"

Cuba is facing outages this Saturday that will exceed 70% of national demand

Sad consolation: using all the output from its solar parks, Artemisa barely reduces daily blackouts from 22 to 18 hours

Marco Rubio on the blackouts in Cuba: "They have been happening for five or seven years because the system is not functioning."

Where is the electricity generation? Cuba will have only 990 MW available during the nighttime peak

Cuba closes August with an impact of 2,410 MW, just one megawatt short of the historical record for blackouts

The Cuban government has sunk hundreds of millions into hotels that are not operational while the electrical system is in collapse

Oil spill exposes the fragility of the pipeline supplying the Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant: "Pipes built under Soviet standards"

UNE assures that it has restored the electrical connection between Holguín and Guantánamo after a new failure

Will Felton return to the SEN? A crack and over a hundred "anomalies" complicate the repair of unit one

UNE anticipates more blackouts from September to December: "What are we experiencing, a trailer?"

"The greatest blockade we feel is living without water, without electricity, and without basic conditions," denounces a Cuban

Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant announces it is online: "It comes and goes, and you don't feel anything," Cubans mock

Government announces another Sunday of blackouts in Cuba: "What a miserable life we are living!"

In Cienfuegos, they sing a bombochíe to the Electric Company and the networks explode: "What are they celebrating?"

Another setback for the SEN: Unit 2 at Felton is out of service due to a malfunction

Cuba begins another critical week of blackouts: the deficit will nearly reach 2,300 MW this Monday

Cuban women report that their electricity is cut off in La Lisa so it can be sold to others

Russian expert highlights a potential political change in Cuba as a risk for Moscow's investments

The UNE forecasts one of Cuba's darkest nights, with an electrical deficit of 2,280 MW

"Find a way to pay us first": Russian expert sets conditions to assist Cuba amid energy crisis

Another critical day for Cuba: Blackouts could reach 2,340 MW

The Cuban electrical system is in a critical situation: more than 2,300 MW of deficit

Cuba breaks another blackout record: deficit exceeds 2,400 MW

La Guiteras is back in sync with the national electrical system

The Electric Union updates on the progress of the reconnection of the National Electric System following the seventh massive blackout of 2026

Unión Eléctrica attributes the seventh disconnection of the National Electroenergetic System to "meteorological events."

Oscillation causes seventh disconnection of the Cuban electrical system

Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant is in the process of starting up, and Cubans are asking: "How many minutes will it last?"

Cuba is trying to restore the electrical system after the sixth complete blackout of the year

Cuba wakes up with only 14% of the electricity supply restored in Havana after the sixth total blackout of the year

New total disconnection of the National Electric System leaves Cuba without power

The UNE announces the restoration of the electrical system in the west of the country, and Cubans are expressing skepticism

The CTE Renté is back in sync after the collapse of the SEN

Matanzas Electric Company reports on the gradual restoration of the National Electric System following the collapse in the western region

Simultaneous firing in Matanzas lines caused disconnection of the National Electric System

Disconnection of the SEN in western Cuba: blackout from Pinar del Río to Matanzas

Ten thermal power units out of service are maintaining a high forecast for blackouts this Saturday

Energy Minister admits that there are communities in Cuba without electricity for 105 days

Cuba keeps the deteriorated Guiteras thermoelectric plant operational for fear of worsening power outages