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Cuba's Energy Grid Collapses, Entire Island Loses Power

Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen...

The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and said it was investigating.

Cuba has experienced multiple blackouts in the last few months, including one nearly two weeks ago which left a large part of the island without power. That particular blackout was caused by a failure at a particular power plant which took days to repair.

A failure at Cuba’s main thermoelectric plant has caused a massive blackout affecting two-thirds of the island, the Cuban government confirmed Wednesday. The partial collapse of the island’s National Electric System (SEN) — the second in a month — has left nearly 7 million of the island’s almost 10 million inhabitants without power. The outage is also affecting the capital, Havana.

It's not clear if today's collapse is the result of the same plant running out of fuel or if this has more to do with the plant itself being long past its expiration date.

William LeoGrande, a professor at American University who has tracked Cuba for years, said the country’s energy grid hasn’t been maintained properly and its infrastructure is “way past its normal useful life.”

“The technicians working on the grid are magicians to keep it running at all given the shape that it’s in,” LeoGrande said...

“And on top of all that, the Cuban government doesn’t have the hard currency to import spare parts or upgrade the plant or grid itself. It’s just a perfect storm of collapse,” LeoGrande said.

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