Cuba’s massive power outage extends into the weekend
by Justine Calma from The Verge - All Posts on (#6RK13)
People cross a street while a traffic light is off in Havana on October 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. | Photo: Getty Images Cuba lost power across the nation on Friday after a major power plant failed, according to the country's energy ministry. Blackouts have been a recurring problem for Cuba's aging power grid, the New York Times reported, noting the country has lacked fuel to run the gird fully for weeks.
Its national electricity system was completely disconnected at 11:00AM local time, the energy ministry posted on X. By around 4:00, the ministry reported that it was able to get micro power grid systems running in some areas, and restoration continued throughout the evening and on Friday night.
Early Saturday morning, Cuban energy minister Vicente de la O Levy said that two thermoelectric plants were starting up and there were 500MW of power in the system...