Get the latest tech news

Cuba Plunged Into an Island Wide Blackout As Power Grid Fails


Cuba's power grid failed on Friday, leaving 10 million people without electricity. NPR reports: One of the country's largest power plants, the Antonio Guiteras power plant in the western province of Matanzas, failed shortly before midday on Friday. The failure prompted a total breakdown of Cuba's e...

Cuba's power grid failed on Friday, leaving 10 million people without electricity. The prime minister made an address on state television on Thursday evening and said the government would prioritize providing electricity to residential areas and promised shipments of fuel would arrive on the island in the coming days. The massive blackout is a new low in a country that has already been dealing with a deepening economic crisis and widespread food shortages.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Slashdot

Read more on:

Photo of Cuba

Cuba

Photo of power grid

power grid

Photo of Island

Island

Related news:

News photo

Microsoft to Pay Hefty Price for Three Mile Island Clean Power

News photo

Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to return as Microsoft signs 20-year, 835MW AI data center PPA

News photo

Why the UK's Power Grid is Sidelining Clean-Energy Battery Storage