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19.09.26 - 20:12
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Cuba Hit With National Power Grid Collapse As Oil Sources Dry Up (ZeroHedge)
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Cuba Hit With National Power Grid Collapse As Oil Sources Dry Up
Cuba's power grid collapsed once again this week, this time at a national level, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity. This is the sixth time since the US cut off fuel sources to the island since January that the national grid has collapsed and it's the most utility shutdown events in the country's recent history.
Even when Cuba's grid is in operation, only 30% of the population at most receives electricity at any given time. Many regions stay dark 20 to 30 hours at a stretch. Some provinces have reported 60–90 hours without power. Havana has gone from 4 hours a day early in the year to 18 hours after the fuel cutoff.
"Protocols are now in place to begin the gradual restoration of the system," said Felix Estrada, an official with Cuba's National Electrical Union (UNE). Power had returned to a handful of scattered neighborhoods in Havana by late evening, primarily aro...
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18.09.26 - 21:54
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Stromnetz auf Kuba bricht erneut zusammen (DPA-AFX)
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HAVANNA (dpa-AFX) - Im Karibikstaat Kuba ist es zum siebten Mal seit Jahresbeginn zu einem kompletten Stromausfall gekommen. "Die Ursache wird umgehend untersucht, und die Protokolle zur Wiederherstellung der Versorgung wurden aktiviert", teilte der staatliche ......
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