Cuba : ce qu'il faut savoir
The active outages in the system include 2 units from the Ernesto Guevara De La Serna Power Plant, 4 from the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Power Plant, 2 from the Felton Power Plant, and 5 from the Renté Power Plant, with 417 MW additionally out of service due to thermal limitations.
Cuba is facing an electrical deficit of over 1,400 MW, worsened by the shortage of oil. Cuba s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en France ce jeudi.
Les faits
- Cuba is facing an electrical deficit of over 1,400 MW, worsened by the shortage of oil.
- Hundreds of thousands of Cubans lost access to safe drinking water in a country where most pumping systems depend on electricity.
- The National Electric System (SEN) of Cuba reports a generation deficit exceeding 1,400 MW this Monday, according to the official information note from the Electric Union.
- The crisis has structural roots: Cuba needs between 90,000 and 110,000 barrels of oil daily but only produces about 40,000.
- A second Russian tanker, the Universal, with 251,000 barrels of diesel—far below the 730,000 barrels of the first shipment—is scheduled to arrive in the Caribbean on April 29, which could provide temporary relief, although it will be insufficient to resolve the chronic deficit faced by the Cuban people.
L'essentiel
Dans le détail, Hundreds of thousands of Cubans lost access to safe drinking water in a country where most pumping systems depend on electricity.
Sur le fond, the National Electric System (SEN) of Cuba reports a generation deficit exceeding 1,400 MW this Monday, according to the official information note from the Electric Union.
Concrètement, the crisis has structural roots: Cuba needs between 90,000 and 110,000 barrels of oil daily but only produces about 40,000.
Au-delà de ce constat, a second Russian tanker, the Universal, with 251,000 barrels of diesel—far below the 730,000 barrels of the first shipment—is scheduled to arrive in the Caribbean on April 29, which could provide temporary relief, although it will be insufficient to resolve the chronic deficit faced by the Cuban people.
Reste à préciser que With the US blockade cutting off oil, the island’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at risk, says Francisco Pichón.
Les chiffres
À noter par ailleurs : Tens of thousands of surgeries have been postponed nationwide.
Plus précisément, more than two million people were affected by Hurricane Melissa, which caused flooding, damaged livelihoods and disrupted basic services.
Dans la foulée, the response had already mobilised $24m (£18m) before the energy crisis intensified.
À ce stade, the maximum impact on Sunday was 1,426 MW at 8:20 PM, with service interrupted for 24 hours and continuous outages throughout the night.
Le contexte
Reste à préciser que Four months into Cuba’s deepening energy crisis, the consequences are no longer abstract: they are visible in the rhythm of daily life.
À noter par ailleurs : Newborns dependent on incubators or ventilators are at risk when power fails.
Plus précisément, Cuba’s broader economic fragility, shaped by tightening external constraints and limited domestic resources, has been compounded by this energy shock.
Dans la foulée, Against this backdrop, humanitarian needs in Cuba remain acute and persistent.
À ce stade, In response, the United Nations system in Cuba, with the support of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, has expanded its Hurricane Melissa response plan to address the cascading humanitarian impacts of the energy crisis.
Recherches associées
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À retenir
- The National Electric System (SEN) of Cuba reports a generation deficit exceeding 1,400 MW this Monday, according to the official information note from the Electric Union.
- The crisis has structural roots: Cuba needs between 90,000 and 110,000 barrels of oil daily but only produces about 40,000.
- A second Russian tanker, the Universal, with 251,000 barrels of diesel—far below the 730,000 barrels of the first shipment—is scheduled to arrive in the Caribbean on April 29, which could provide temporary relief, although it will be insufficient to resolve the chronic deficit faced by the Cuban people.
- Recherches qui explosent : Cuba sera à l’honneur samedi soir, Cuba est-elle en route vers une révolution énergétique? - Radio, Grand reportage - Une flottille pour Cuba, A La Havane, les Cubains dans l’incertitude, entre crainte d’une attaque américaine et désir de changement.
