Havana, June 8 (EFECOM).- The Cuban Government thanked this Saturday the three photovoltaic parks donated by China installed in three provinces of the central-eastern region, in the midst of the energy crisis that the Caribbean country is going through.
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O, commented on the social network
The photovoltaic parks installed in the Cuban provinces of Villa Clara, Ciego de Ávila (center) and Holguín (east) generate 12 megawatts and are synchronized to the national electrical grid.
At the delivery of the photovoltaic parks, the Chinese ambassador to Cuba, Ma Hui, highlighted that “Chinese-Cuban energy cooperation has always been a relevant part of bilateral economic and commercial relations,” according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
Cuba’s national electrical system is in a very precarious situation due to the lack of imported fuel and breakdowns in thermoelectric plants, obsolete due to their more than four decades of use and the lack of investments and maintenance.
To resolve the situation, the Cuban Government has rented several floating power plants (of which currently only five remain).
The blackouts hamper the economic performance of the country, which has been plunged into a serious crisis for four years.
They have also been the trigger for the anti-government protests in recent years, including those on July 11, 2021 – the largest in decades – and those on March 17 in Santiago de Cuba (east) and other locations. EFECOM
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