US EditionCuban Families Devise Ingenious Solutions to Endure Frequent Power Shortages
- Maryln Álvarez and her family in Havana face frequent power outages amid Cuba's worst energy crisis in decades as of May 2025.
- The situation deteriorated after December, when the government halted the delivery of cooking gas, compelling families to depend on electric burners that were frequently rendered unusable by ongoing power outages.
- Electricity demand soared from 2,580 to 3,050 megawatts between March and May while availability barely rose from 1,790 to 1,900 megawatts, deepening the energy deficit.
- President Díaz-Canel acknowledged the severe deficit and attributed intensified cuts to fuel shortages and aging infrastructure, while researcher Jorge Piñón said solving the crisis would take "three to five years" and up to $8 billion.
- Families resort to charcoal stoves costing $18, solar panels without batteries, and rechargeable devices despite widespread unaffordability, signaling a grim outlook with no clear solution.
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Cuban families devise ingenious solutions to endure frequent power shortages
For countless families in Cuba, the question is no longer if the power will go out, but when. This is forcing many to implement ingenious alternatives to sustain daily life as the island undergoes its most severe energy crisis in history.
For several months now, electricity has been cut off across the country in Cuba. A large part of the population spends their days without electricity. They have to find alternative ways to do household chores. Living in the suburbs of Havana, the Cuban capital, Edinector Vázquez and his wife, Idalmis Suárez, light their home and work space with lamps. Despite the blackout, Edinector is quite busy, as he makes charcoal stoves from scrap metal, fo…
The question is not whether the light will go out, but when. Countless families in Cuba, the power outages and power outages along with those of domestic gas, have been forced to look for ingenious alternatives to carry a daily life as bearable as possible.
New demonstrations of discontent in the capital of #Cuba over #blackouts coincide with the breakdown of the Energas de Boca de Jaruco plant.
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