The National Electric Union (UNE) reported that at 06:00 hours this Friday, the availability of the National Electric System (SEN) was 2 000 megawatts against a demand of 3 150 MW, resulting in an impact due to capacity deficit of 1 175 MW.

According to the source, for the mid-afternoon period, an impact of around 1 100 MW is estimated.

Breakdowns are reported in Unit 8 of the Mariel CTE, Unit 5 of the Nuevitas CTE, Unit 3 of the Renté CTE, and Unit 2 of the Felton CTE.

Simultaneously, units are under maintenance, including Unit 2 of the Santa Cruz CTE, Unit 4 of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes CTE in Cienfuegos, and Unit 5 of the Renté CTE. Likewise, thermal limitations keep 340 MW out of service. Additionally, fuel shortages affect 57 distributed generation plants, disabling 368 MW of capacity.

For the peak period, the entry of 50 MW from distributed generation engines currently offline due to fuel shortages is anticipated.

With this incorporation, availability of 2 050 MW is estimated for the peak period, against a projected maximum demand of 3 700 MW. This would generate a deficit of 1 650 MW.

According to the UNE, should the forecast conditions persist, an impact of approximately 1 720 MW is predicted during this critical period.

The source indicated that the SEN experienced a service interruption for 24 hours starting yesterday, extending throughout the early hours of Friday.

The maximum generation capacity deficit was recorded at 22:00 hours the previous day, reaching 1 611 MW, a moment which did not coincide with the system’s peak demand period.

The magnitude of the impact exceeded that planned due to the outage of Nuevitas unit 5 and Renté unit 3, the entity specified.

In contrast, production from the 25 new photovoltaic solar parks reached 2 674 MWh, with a maximum power output of 451 MW during the mid-afternoon period.