Cuba suffers from a large -scale interruption, leaving millions in the dark while the ministry is working on reform

Cuba suffered a huge interruption in the force on Friday night, affecting Havana and the country’s provinces that left millions in the dark.

“It caused” a great loss in the generation in western Cuba, however, the failure of the national electrical system. “

The ministry said on its account on the social platform X that it “is working on the recovery process.”

The streets of Havana were dark and empty, with light comes only from the windows of hotels that contain generators. The Internet service was affected.

People in distant provinces such as Guantenamo, Artemisa, Santiago de Cuba, and Santa Clara reported that they were disturbed with light of light.

Earlier, the electrical union, the government agency that regulates the sector, said in its daily report that the demand for peak hours will be about 3,250 megawatts and the deficit will reach about 380 megawatts, which means that 42 % of the national energy system will be closed. This number is not the highest in modern memory.

Cuba suffered Wide interruption in the national energy system at the end of last yearHe left the island in the dark amid a serious economic crisis.

It was considered the blackout of 2024 worst in Cuba in two years after Hurricane Ian achieved the land as a storm of the 3rd category in 2022 and damaged the damaged energy.

Cuba’s energy network was afflicted with repeated interruptions, with more than half of the country suffering from energy cuts during peak hours. The power outage is caused primarily due to lack of fuel and aging infrastructure. In many parts of the island, electricity is necessary for cooking and pumping water.

The island’s authorities started a program to install the photovoltaic gardens and promised that dozens of them would be ready this year. The electricity outages previously pushed the anti -government demonstrations in 2021, 2022 and 2024.