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Guantanamo.- The El Algarrobo Photovoltaic Park, with an installed capacity of 21.875 megawatts peak, was officially inaugurated in Guant\u00e1namo Province.<\/p>\nGuantanamo.- The El Algarrobo Photovoltaic Park, with an installed capacity of 21.875 megawatts peak, was officially inaugurated in Guant\u00e1namo Province.<\/p>\n
The facility was built in 18 months by Brigade No. 3 of the Ministry of Construction (MICONS), at a final cost of 1.4 billion pesos. It supplies all the electricity it generates to Guant\u00e1namo Province.<\/p>\n
Located in the area known as El Algarrobo, along the first kilometers of the road to Baracoa, east of Guant\u00e1namo City, the park covers approximately 23 hectares. It is the first and only photovoltaic facility in Cuba to have been synchronized with the national grid by Cuban specialists\u2014specifically, young engineers from Guant\u00e1namo and Santiago de Cuba.<\/p>\n
Yoel P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda, First Secretary of the Party in Eastern Cuba; Vicente de la O Levy, Minister of Energy and Mines; and Alis Azahares Torreblanca, Governor of Guant\u00e1namo Province, attended the inauguration ceremony.<\/p>\n
The facility has seven inverters and is designed to generate electricity for the province during daylight hours. Its operation is currently limited to daytime generation because it does not yet have an energy-storage system.<\/p>\n
Since it was connected to the national grid on August 4, following the start-up of its first inverter, the park has supplied more than 2,000 megawatt-hours of electricity to the province. This contribution has helped extend service hours for the population and represents an important step in the strategy to transform the energy matrix in Cuba\u2019s easternmost province.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuant\u00e1namo has been making progress in its energy transformation, and this is the right path,\u201d said the Minister of Energy and Mines. He emphasized that the province is moving toward greater energy self-sufficiency, as demonstrated by the fact that it receives the park\u2019s entire production.<\/p>\n
De la O Levy noted that Guant\u00e1namo is at the forefront of local photovoltaic power generation in Cuba. He described renewable energy as a strategic alternative amid fuel shortages affecting large-scale generation and the operation of the national power grid and transmission networks.<\/p>\n
The minister called for more efficient weekly maintenance and cleaning of power-generation facilities, which would help optimize output and reduce power outages. He also urged continued efforts to conserve energy, rehabilitate mini-hydroelectric plants, and combat electricity theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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