2024-05-04 20:16:41
Photo: Roy Leyra | CN360
Text: Cuba News Editorial 360
In recent days, the KPS Irem Sultan Floating Power Plant arrived in the bay of Santiago de Cuba, which already has its six engines operating and reaches 95 MW of generation for the National Electric System (SEN).
Raimundo González Guillén, general director of the Antonio Maceo Thermoelectric Power Plant (Renté), reported that with an installed capacity of 110 megawatts (MW), the floating power plant began to pay taxes gradually from the night of arrival in Santiago, last December 17. March.
“Such a result reflects the quality of the prior preparation at the site intended for anchoring the installation, the safe supply of fuel and the effective synchronization to the SEN,” González Guillén told Granma.
Of course, with the arrival of that unit The aim is to increase generation in that area of the country to cover demand, which has been limited for some months due to the capacity deficit of the SEN.
Alfredo López Valdés, general director of the Electrical Union (UNE), commented last month that they would move a “mobile generation” unit to eastern Cuba, to face the electro-energy crisis that caused four massive blackouts. in less than 10 days.
The Floating Power Plant left the Bay of Havana on March 11 heading east and arrived on Friday, March 17 in Santiago de Cuba.
According to the UNE report, on the previous day the service was not affected due to a deficit in generation capacity in the SEN, nor are there forecasts for blackouts during the day or night today.
Despite this, unit 3 of the CTE Santa Cruz, unit 5 of the CTE Nuevitas, unit 2 of the CTE Felton and unit 3 of the CTE Renté are out of service due to a breakdown. And in maintenance the unit of the CTE Guiteras, unit 4 of the CTE Cienfuegos and units 4 and 6 of the CTE Renté.