14ymedio, Madrid, 21 March 2024 — At 8 p.m. this Wednesday, the Antonio Guiteras de Matanzas thermoelectric plant had reached 280 megawatts (MW), its maximum power, which it maintains today, Thursday, at the beginning of the day. The news about the main electricity generation unit in the country must now be given like this, because in a matter of minutes everything can change.
Its re-incorporation into the National Electric System (SEN) occurred last night, after a “small shutdown to repair some damage and adjust the main equipment,” according to the Electric Union of Cuba (UNE), which added that it was now “taking charge according to the procedures and regulations of the block.”
The problem was, apparently, an “inconvenience in the boiler,” coupled with a steam leak in one of the turbines, but it was enough to prevent the operation of the thermoelectric plant. The Guiteras spent the last 17 days of March shut down for a scheduled maintenance, and, after synchronizing correctly on Monday the 18th, it suffered a breakdown that took it out of the system.
The problem was, apparently, an “inconvenience in the boiler,” coupled with a steam leak in one of the turbines, but it was enough to prevent the operation of the thermoelectric plant
The authorities had promised to have the Guiteras plant on-line and also the arrival of a fuel tanker, after several turbulent days in Cuban homes and businesses due to blackouts of up to 20 hours a day, which c