Feb 27, 2025 · Last Friday, **Cuba** inaugurated a **solar park** in Havana, the first of an ambitious project aimed at mitigating the serious **electricity crisis** facing the island through
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Mar 6, 2025 · On March 1, the government inaugurated the "Alcade Mayor" photovoltaic solar park in Cienfuegos, with a 21 MW capacity, as part of its strategy to boost renewable energy
Feb 21, 2025 · Located in the municipality of Cotorro, the "Nursing School" park has 42,588 panels with a capacity of 21.8 MW. The leader Miguel Díaz-Canel and Commander Ramiro
Feb 21, 2025 · What is the capacity of the newly inaugurated solar park in Havana? The newly inaugurated solar park in Havana has a capacity of 21.8 MW, generated from 42,588 solar
HAVANA TIMES – On February 21, 2025, the first solar photovoltaic park was inaugurated, with a capacity of 21.8 MW. The project, located in Cotorro—on the outskirts of Havana—is part of the island’s government’s bet on solar energy to address the country’s dire electricity situation.
The Cuban government’s plan is to install 55 solar parks similar to the one in Cotorro by 2025. The total capacity will be 1,200 MW. These are part of a broader project running until 2028, which aims to build 92 parks, with the goal of adding more than 2,000 MW to the National Electro-Energy System.
By 2030, the country aims to generate more than a third of its electricity from solar parks and other renewable sources. Cuba on Friday unveiled a new solar energy park in the capital Havana, part of an ambitious project to alleviate the communist island's increasingly desperate struggle with power blackouts.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel inaugurated the first of 92 solar parks on Friday as part of a Chinese-backed plan to ease hours-long blackouts across the Caribbean island nation.
The solar panels used in the project are partly produced by the Cuban Electronic Industry -70 percent of all the solar panels were assembled in Pinar del Río, and 100 percent were installed by the Copextel company ran by the Ministry of Computer Science and Communications (MIC).
According to official information, the parks will use the same technology and have a capacity of 21.8 MW. Each will consist of about 42,588 solar panels and 1,638 support tables. Another key element to consider is the battery storage systems.
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