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Cuba's electrical grid collapsed due to an unexpected failure at its largest thermoelectric plant, worsening a crisis marked by fuel shortages and aging infrastructure impacting 10 million residents.
- Cuba's power grid collapsed nationwide on Wednesday morning, marking another electricity outage across the island, as announced by the National Electric Union at 9:14 a.m.
- A breakdown at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas was cited as the cause of the systemwide collapse, continuing a trend of outages over the past year.
- The Cuban government attributes the energy crisis to U.S. sanctions, while a recent investigation found that the military-run conglomerate GAESA held reserves that could have improved the energy infrastructure.
- This incident follows a recent failure that caused blackouts in several provinces, highlighting ongoing issues with the aging power plants.
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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…
That Cuba was completely in the dark was only a matter of time. Like a corpse in its last, the country went out since the weekend: first the eastern provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo were plunged into a blackout, while electrical power cuts were reported in Matanzas or Havana, until Wednesday the imminent collapse of the national energy system was known. It is not the first time that happens, but the fifth …
Cuba was hit by a massive blackout on Wednesday, leaving about 10 million people without electricity. It was the fifth major blackout in Cuba in less than a year.
Cuba hit with new nationwide blackout amid power plant failures
Much of Cuba was left without electricity after a major failure in the national grid, with the state power company reporting widespread outages that lasted through the night. Unión Eléctrica, Cuba’s state-owned power company, said on Wednesday that service was disrupted for 24 hours and remained out during the early morning. The company reported that a combination of power plant breakdowns, fuel shortages, and maintenance work caused the deficit…
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