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The Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, reported that the plan seeks to alleviate the energy crisis that the island is experiencing.
The head of the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), Vicente de la O Levy, has declared in a press conference that the government plans to install 92 photovoltaic parks that will add an installed capacity of 2,000 MW until 2028.
He also assured that earthworks are already being carried out in the chosen places, "and the resources for their assembly and completion are guaranteed, once they arrive in the nation," according to what was reported in the Granma newspaper, the official organ of the Communist Party. of Cuba, which governs the country.
The minister also stated that there are contracts for the generation of energy from renewable sources, which are signed and underway, with the objective that the country "can recover from the delay to reach 24% penetration of these technologies in the Greater of the Antilles, before 2030.”
In that sense, the proposed solar installations will mean, according to the information, “stopping importing 750,000 tons of fuel.”
“We have opted to get out of the crisis with our own resources, despite the energy situation that the country faces,” said de la O Levy, also acknowledging that “they have been very bad months on the Island due to the lack of fuel, although the "As a result of the maintenance carried out by the Electrical Union to recover the technical condition of the thermoelectric plants (CTE), it has made it possible to reduce breakdowns." |
