The unexpected shutdown of Unit 3 of the Ernesto Guevara Thermoelectric Plant (CTE) and Units 5 and 6 of the Diez de Octubre Power Plant has resulted in a loss of 310 megawatts across the country. Unión Eléctrica referred The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and during the day the energy requirement could exceed 400 MW.
The Cuban company also noted that the national system's availability at the beginning of the day was 1960 MW. Meanwhile, demand rose to 2180 MW.
For the peak hours of the day, the Electric Union (UNE) aims to achieve an availability of 2563 MW and a requirement of 2600. This leaves them with a deficit of only 37 MW between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. However, the expected impact is around 110 MW.
The company's statement emphasized that, "Units 6 and 7 of the Máximo Gómez CTE, Unit 3 of the "Ernesto Guevara" CTE, Units 4 and 5 of the Diez de Octubre CTE, and Unit 3 of the Antonio Maceo CTE are out of service due to breakdowns. Unit 2 of the Otto Parellada CTE, Unit 5 of the Lidio Ramón Pérez CTE, and Units 6 and XNUMX of the Antonio Maceo CTE are undergoing maintenance."
At the same time, thermal generation (441) remains limited. Meanwhile, distributed generation accounts for 125 MW of unavailable power due to breakdowns and 465 MW of unavailable power due to maintenance.
Engineers aim to bring unit 5 at Antonio Maceo and unit 4 at Diez de Octubre back online for peak hours today. Likewise, 135 MW will be used to start up diesel engines. Work is also underway to quickly bring the units that have been affected indefinitely back online.
The company stated that, in order to minimize service disruptions to the domestic sector, it will implement restrictions on consumption in the state area.
It's great when we're kept informed, but the disruption almost never occurs on schedule, and we truly live with the fear of losing power at any moment...