14ymedio, Madrid, 6 March 2024 — The repair of Cuba’s obsolete infrastructure to produce electricity would take between six and ten years, in addition to a colossal investment: 10 billion dollars. It is one of the devastating figures included in a report from Cuba Siglo 21 signed by Emilio Morales and made public this Wednesday.
Titled Cuba Collapses and Also Turns Off the Light, the text analyzes the dramatic energy situation of the Island, “after decades of negligence in maintenance,” a few days after the entry into force of the so-called economic package, with an increase in the price of fuel of more than 400%.
The Electric Union has a generation availability of 2,097 megawatts (MW) and a maximum demand of 3,000 MW
The Electric Union (UNE) has a generation availability of 2,097 megawatts (MW) and a maximum demand of 3,000 MW, the report notes, which implies a deficit of 903 MW, a third of what it would need to meet the demand. A figure, it is also noted, that may grow in the coming weeks.
Morales indicates that “the energy challenges facing Cuba do not have an immediate solution,” since the country “lacks domestic resources of oil or natural gas to meet the demand for
