According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Havana, on February 13, the Union of Cuban Electricity (UNE) announced that grid failure happened on the same day that left nearly half of the country in the dark, was fixed following 5 hours and the service is gradually stabilizing.
Speaking on television, UNE Technical Director Lázaro Guerra said that all substations across the country have been supplied with electricity through national grid system.
Electricity service will be gradually restored in all affected localities.
Before that, an incident occurred on High-voltage power lines 220 kilovolts left nearly half of Cuba’s territory, from the central province of Ciego de Ávila to the easternmost province of Guantánamo, without power.
[Gần 50% đất nước Cuba mất điện do sự cố đường dây điện cao thế]
According to a statement by UNE, 7 out of 15 provinces of this Caribbean island nation have been completely disconnected from the power grid since noon on the same day (local time).
Mining and Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said the first theory for the cause of the incident was a fire in a sugarcane field in the area between the provinces of Sancti Spíritus and Camagüey.
The power failure occurred following an early warning regarding this energy shortage, in the context that at least 5 thermal power plants of the Caribbean island nation are not operating due to problems or maintenance activities. nursing.
Previously, on September 27, 2022, Typhoon Ian swept through the western provinces of the country, causing Cuba loses power totality.
In the first half of October, the Caribbean island nation’s electricity output was only 37.9% of its total capacity, and the average household in this country of 11 million people suffered 10 hours of blackout a day.
However, this situation has decreased significantly in December 2022.
Mai Phuong (VNA/Vietnam+)
