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05.12.24 - 15:45
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Cuba electrical grid back online but many still without power (Reuters EN)
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UPDATE 1-Cuba electrical grid back online but many still without power Updates with comments from government electricity officials, progress restoring power in Havana in paragraphs 2-5 By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Cuba said it had reconnected its national electrical grid on Thursday , though generation remained w ell below demand one day after a plant failure knocked out power to millions across the island....
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05.12.24 - 13:23
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Cuba says electrical grid back online, generation still lagging (Reuters EN)
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Cuba says electrical grid back online, generation still lagging HAVANA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Cuba said late on Wednesday it had reconnected its national electrical grid, though generation remained far below demand one day after a plant failure knocked out power to millions across the island. Cuba's Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy confirmed on X that the grid was back online just before midnight on Wednesday....
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04.12.24 - 18:19
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Total Grid Collapse Strikes Cuba (Again) (ZeroHedge)
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Total Grid Collapse Strikes Cuba (Again)
Cuba's national power grid collapsed shortly after 0200 local time on Wednesday, plunging 11 million people into darkness.
Total blackout. Well done, Communists—can't even keep the power on.
Once again Cuba is in a total blackout this morning after nationwide electrical system crashes. pic.twitter.com/b1wa0gV0pS
— Patrick Oppmann CNN (@CNN_Oppmann) December 4, 2024
The Energy and Mines Ministry said the 330-megawatt capacity CTE Antonio Guiteras power plant suffered a failure earlier this morning but did not provide details.
"At 2:08 this morning, the Electrical System, SEN, was disconnected when the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant went out due to the automatic tripping. The restoration process is underway," the ministry wrote on X.
This is the second failure at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in months. In mid-October, the plant, located about 62 miles east of Havana, suffered a similar failure. Then, weeks later, a hurricane k...
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04.12.24 - 15:05
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Kuba ist schon wieder ohne Strom (Tagesschau)
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Es ist das dritte Mal binnen zwei Monaten: In Kuba ist erneut das Stromnetz zusammengebrochen. Die Infrastruktur gilt als marode und veraltet. Aus dem Energieministerium kommt eine dünne Reparaturmeldung....
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04.12.24 - 13:20
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Cuba′s electric grid collapses after power plant failure, millions without light (Reuters EN)
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UPDATE 1-Cuba's electric grid collapses after power plant failure, millions without light Updates with additional details on grid collapse, extent of power outages, context By Dave Sherwood and Marc Frank HAVANA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Cuba's national electrical system collapsed early on Wednesday morning after the country's largest power plant failed, the government said, the latest of several such failures as the island's grid falls into disarray amid fuel shortages, natural disaster and economic c...
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04.12.24 - 12:20
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Cuba‘s electric grid collapses after power plant failure (Reuters EN)
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Cuba`s electric grid collapses after power plant failure HAVANA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Cuba`s national electric grid collapsed early on Wednesday morning after the country's largest power plant failed, the energy and mines ministry said, plunging millions of people into darkness. Several such failures have hit the country over the past two months as Cuba`s power generation systems have fallen into disarray amid fuel shortages, natural disasters and economic crisis....
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26.10.24 - 21:30
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′There is no money′: Cuba fears total collapse amid grid failure and financial crisis (The Guardian)
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Repeated blackouts leave residents concerned about food, water supply and Cuba's futureMaria Elena Cárdenas is 76 and lives in a municipal shelter on Amargura Street in Havana's colonial old town. The building has an elegant past, but for the last few days Maria has been cooking with sticks she had found on the street.“You know, we Cubans manage the best we can,” she said. She lives in the shelter because her home collapsed, a regular occurrence in the poorest, oldest parts of the beautiful city. Continue reading......
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23.10.24 - 06:46
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Großteil Kubas hat wieder Strom - sieben Tote nach Hurrikan (DPA-AFX)
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HAVANNA (dpa-AFX) - Gut vier Tage nach dem inselweiten Stromausfall auf Kuba haben Regierungsangaben zufolge mehr als 70 Prozent der Anschlüsse wieder Elektrizität. Zu den Gebieten, wo die Versorgung bisher nicht wiederhergestellt wurde, zählten am Dienstag ......
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21.10.24 - 07:24
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Scarce food and stifling homes: sputtering grid pushes Cuba nearer collapse (The Guardian)
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Four power cuts in a weekend born of the state's penury have caused nationwide struggles and shortagesDusk has become a particularly frenetic time in Havana, as Cuba prepared for a third night without electricity after repeated failed attempts to restart the national grid.Long queues formed for bread in the capital earlier in the day. The previous night, people had emerged from humid homes to search for food, drink, news. “What's the point of staying at home?” asked Alejandro Hernandez outside a bar in the neighbourhood of Vedado. Continue reading......
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