Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis (www.aljazeera.com)

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Fun fact: USSR provided Cuba provided with discounted oil in exchange for Cuban sugar at above market prices.

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[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

China has announced the construction of 92 solar farms in Cuba as part of a joint effort to address the island’s energy crisis. The projects, carried out in collaboration between Cuban and Chinese companies, aim to add more than 2,000 megawatts to the island’s National Electric System.

It's underway but not really happening very quickly

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For reference, cuba's energy consumption is about 120 ~~MWh~~ GWh per year

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

MWh? That can't be right, that's too low (although I appreciate the numbers for reference)

The US DOE says about 16 TWh which sounds more reasonable for a population of ~11 million.

2GW times 24 hours time 365 days times a capacity factor of 20 percent is an annual production of 3.5 TWh so the planned solar farms would cover about 20 percent of annual usage

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No idea why the numbers are so different. The numbers I found were 120 GWh (not MWh, it was a typo). But that is still significantly less than the us doe estimate.