adUnits.push({
code: ‘Rpp_mundo_latinoamerica_Nota_Interna1’,
mediaTypes: {
banner: {
sizes: (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|android|iPod/i)) ? [[300, 250], [320, 460], [320, 480], [320, 50], [300, 100], [320, 100]] : [[300, 250], [320, 460], [320, 480], [320, 50], [300, 100], [320, 100], [635, 90]]
}
},
bids: [{
bidder: ‘appnexus’,
params: {
placementId: ‘14149971’
}
},{
bidder: ‘rubicon’,
params: {
accountId: ‘19264’,
siteId: ‘314342’,
zoneId: ‘1604128’
}
},{
bidder: ‘amx’,
params: {
tagId: ‘MTUybWVkaWEuY29t’
}
},{
bidder: ‘oftmedia’,
params: {
placementId: navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|android|iPod/i) ? ‘22617692’: ‘22617693’
}
}]
});
On Monday, the Cuban government announced that it had been forced to turn off one of its largest power plants, a thermal power plant with a capacity of up to 200 megawatts (MW), due to a fire at Cuba’s fuel depot. city of Matanzas.
The Antonio Guiteras thermal power plant, located just five kilometers from the fire at the Matanzas supertanker port, is experiencing water shortages, so the Ministry of Energy and Mines has begun closing it down.
“Antonio Guiteras thermal power plant in Matanzas has failed due to water shortages. Under these conditions, it was necessary to increase the impact to megawatts (MW) in Havana, and the restoration of this load will depend on availability conditions. National Electric System,” said electric union company on his Twitter account.
With the shutdown of this plant, Cuba is further exacerbating the energy crisis facing the Caribbean island. Of the country’s 3,000 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity, only 1,824 are currently in operation, so a power shortfall of 1,176 megawatts is expected.
Cuba suffered power outages for weeks, worsened by a fire at the Matanzas supertanker port, as the executive branch was forced to dedicate most of its resources to extinguish the fire, but to no avail.
Last week, sporadic demonstrations took place in Santiago de Cuba, one of the island’s largest cities, to protest the constant power outages and the difficult economic situation they face.
Second oil tanker crashes
A second oil tanker crashed Sunday at midnight in Matanzas, western Cuba, where firefighters have been fighting a giant blaze for two days that has left one person dead and 16 missing, local authorities said.
“Tank No. 2 just collapsed, it is not yet clear whether the cap of Tank No. 3 was thrown off in the explosion,” the provincial government of the Matanzas People’s Power, based on fuel trucks, said on its Facebook page. from Havana.
The agency confirmed that this was “an oil spill from the second tank” and that the third did not collapse. The two damaged tanks were together, and authorities have feared since Saturday that the fire will spread to a third tank. Given this risk, “the forces that were working at the site were evacuated” on Sunday evening, the Matanzas provincial government said.
(According to Europe Press)
Source: RPP
I’m Liza Grey, an experienced news writer and author at the Buna Times. I specialize in writing about economic issues, with a focus on uncovering stories that have a positive impact on society. With over seven years of experience in the news industry, I am highly knowledgeable about current events and the ways in which they affect our daily lives.