Cuba opens solar park hoping to stave off blackouts

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Cuba opens solar park hoping to stave off blackouts

Cuba on Friday unveiled a new solar energy park in the capital Havana, part of an ambitious project to alleviate the communist island's increasingly desperate struggle with power blackouts.

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Cuba’s first photovoltaic solar park, with a capacity of 21.8 MW, was interconnected to the National Electrical System (SEN) on the morning of Friday, February 21, 2025. Located on the outskirts of Havana, specifically in the municipality of Cotorro, this project marks a milestone in the country’s strategy to recover its electricity system and advance towards the energy transition. The park, called “Infirmary School”, is the first of the 55 plan…

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This Friday, Cuba premiered its first photovoltaic solar park, which will be interconnected with the National Electrical System, which represents an advance in its energy sovereignty with the transition to renewable energy sources. The facility, named “School of Nursing”, is located in the municipality of Cotorro, on the outskirts of Havana, and represents the effort of the island’s government to reduce the interruptions of electricity service w…

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Cuba launched on Friday, February 21, a photovoltaic park in Havana, the first in an ambitious project that aims to relieve with solar energy the strong tensions facing the island due to lack of electricity, the Ministry of Energy and Mines reported. The fragility of the Cuban electricity system, dependent on more than 90 percent of non-renewable energies, left the country on the verge of collapse in recent months, with colossal blackouts throug…

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Cuba has put into operation on Friday the first field of photovoltaic panels of a large solar park project aimed at ending the country's energy crisis, which suffers from recurrent cuts due to aging oil-dependent installations.

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A solar park starts in Cuba in the midst of the energy crisis that the country is experiencing. It is the first photovoltaic park of about 55 planned to be installed in 2025, the authorities said.