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Cuba’s grid goes offline amid a massive blackout and after a major power plant fails

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Mary Wilson

Well-known member
OCTOBER 18, 2024
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS​

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s electrical grid went down Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, a day after a massive blackout swept across the Caribbean island and with no official estimate for when service will be restored.

The Cuban energy ministry announced that the grid had gone down hours after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant had ceased operations, at about 11 a.m. local time Friday. It said state-owned power company UNE was using distributed generation to provide power to some areas and that a gas-fired thermoelectric plant was starting operations.

But as darkness started to fall, millions of Cubans remained without power. ...

https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/cuba...blackout-and-after-a-major-power-plant-fails/

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Much of Cuba remains without power - 24 hours after main power plant fails

5 hours ago​
Will Grant Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent, BBC News
Maia Davies BBC News
Patrick Jackson BBC News​

Much of Cuba, including the capital Havana, is still without electricity - 24 hours after the country's main energy plant failed, knocking out power to 10 million people.

The authorities partially restored power to parts of the Caribbean island by Friday night - but another full outage was reported at 06:15 (10:15 GMT) on Saturday. ...

For many people it has been a rough night with no air conditioning or fan. Food is now beginning to rot in fridges, and some families are having to cook with firewood. Many homes are without water as the supply depends on electric pumps. ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8elzx8dg7zo

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