On Wednesday, July 15, electricity was restored in Cuba – before that, the Caribbean island experienced three blackouts in two weeks. This was reported by UNN with reference to AFP News.
Details
According to the state energy company UNE, the latest outage began at approximately 11:05 a.m. (15:05 GMT) on Tuesday, leaving 9.6 million residents of the country without electricity.
After a gradual restoration of power supply overnight, UNE reported early Wednesday that the power grid had fully resumed operation at 7:00 a.m. local time (11:00 GMT).
As reported by media, the outage was caused by a problem with a generator unit at a thermal power plant, leading to a "sudden frequency change."
In the capital Havana, power outages lasted over 30 consecutive hours, while in remote provinces it took several days to restore electricity.
Fuel shortages have made the national power system more vulnerable to outages and have practically made it impossible to use emergency generators
Earlier
Earlier, Cuba accused the United States of waging a "multi-level and unconventional war" against the country, stating that the American oil embargo caused the energy crisis on the island.