US EditionCuba Suffers Islandwide Blackout After National Grid Collapse
Cuba's energy crisis worsens as aging infrastructure and fuel shortages cause repeated blackouts, with over 9.7 million people affected by the latest total power grid failure, officials said.
- Cuba's National Electric Union reported a complete blackout of the national electricity grid on Wednesday morning at 9:14 a.m. local time.
- Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout on Wednesday due to the total grid collapse attributed to the failure of the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas.
- The grid has collapsed four times since last October, causing daily blackouts and significant strain on the population and economy, according to state media reports.
- Power was slowly being restored by Wednesday evening, but the majority of residents were still without electricity, with some areas facing daily blackouts exceeding 16 hours, as reported by residents and officials.
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Cuba suffers 5th nationwide blackout in a year
Cubans were in despair on Wednesday after their country plunged into its fifth nationwide power blackout in a year. “A total disconnection of the SEN electricity system has occurred, which may be associated with an unexpected shutdown” of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant, the energy ministry said on its X account. It added that it was investigating the outage, which happened at around 9:15am (1315GMT). Cuba is already in the throe…
September 10, 2025 – Havana – EFE. After twelve hours of a new national blackout, the vast majority of Cuba’s more than 9 million inhabitants are still without electricity. This is the fifth event of its kind in less than a year, which shows the fragility of the country’s energy system. According to the General Director of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Lázaro Guerra, the National Electrical System (SEN) was generating about 50…
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