Cuba moved a large -scale shutdown of electricity on Friday night, affecting Havana and the provinces of the country that left millions in the dark.
The Cuba Ministry of Energy and Malova said that at about 8:15 pm local time shutdown at the Diezmero substation on the outskirts of Havana caused a “significant loss of the generation in the Western Cuba and, together with it, the failure of the national electric system.”
The ministry on its account on social platform X, which is “working on the recovery process”.
The streets of Havana were dark and empty, and the light walked only from the windows of the hotels that had generators. The Internet service was affected.
People in the provinces are as far away as Guantanamo, Artemis, Santiago -de -Kuba and Santa Clara, say that they are experiencing off with just flashing light.
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Earlier, in its daily report, an electric union, which regulates the sector, said the peak demand would be about 3250 megawatts, and the deficit will reach about 1380 megawatts, that is, 42% of the national energy system will be closed. This figure is not the highest in recent memory.
Cube suffered Wide shutdown in its national energy system at the end of last yearLeaving an island in the dark against a serious economic crisis.
Two years after the hurricane Jan was believed that Cuba was the worst as a hurricane Jan, as a thunderstorm 3 in 2022 and damaged electricity installation.
Cuba's power network suffered from frequent shutdowns, and more than half of the country experienced a reduction in electricity during peak hours. Disabling is primarily caused by the deficiency and aging infrastructure. In many parts of the island, electricity is crucial for cooking and water.
Authorities on the island started the program to install photovoltaic parks and promised that dozens of them would be ready this year. Earlier, the blackouts caused anti -government demonstrations in 2021, 2022 and 2024.