Experts from the Electrical Union (UNE) believe that the Felton thermoelectric plant could restart its operations this Saturday, after its exit from the system due to a boiler breakdown on Thursday.
The boiler entry operation was scheduled for Friday around 4:00 am, with a temperature suitable for the technicians’ work.
The break occurred in unit 1 of the facility due to a “puncture” in the tubes on the left side wall, just over three meters high.
“Identify damaged pipes (tubes) and carry out change or welding operations, a core task. If everything goes well, it is likely that the unit will restart operations on Saturday,” UNE said on its Facebook wall.
In the midst of the current crisis, the failure that occurred at the Holguin thermoelectric plant had a considerable impact on the distribution of electrical energy, mainly in the eastern region, since it caused a frequency trip that affected line 5545, which feeds the circuits belonging to the municipality of Bartolomé Masó and the La Curva Substation, in Granma.
The Electric Company of that province warned that impacts would occur “outside the rotation schedule planned by the blocks.”
“The circuits will have an impact on the electrical service of six hours, and with electrical service of three hours depending on the behavior and availability of the country’s electrical generation,” he explained.
On Thursday, the blackouts due to a deficit in generation capacity lasted 24 hours and the next day at dawn the service had still not been able to be restored. For Friday, the UNE announced cuts due to a deficit of almost 1,000 MW during peak hours.
According to content creator Emilio Rodríguez Pupo, cited by pro-government journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso, Felton workers began the “cooling process for corrections.”
“The work will require no less than three days, due to the boiler cooling process,” the information stated.
