Cuba lacks a detailed strategic roadmap towards a comprehensive national energy policy that addresses these challenges. Since the government announced in 2014 a strategy to increase the share of renewable sources in electricity generation, that portion has hovered around 5%. Cuba is currently facing a major electricity crisis that is affecting millions of people every day. Across the country, blackouts last for hours. Refrigeration becomes unreliable. Since late 2024, the island has experienced repeated total grid collapses, rolling blackouts lasting 18 or more hours per day, and a fuel shortage that has left its aging power plants unable to meet even half of the country's electricity. Direct, coordinate, execute and control compliance with the policy approved by the State and the Government for the sustainable development of the activities of the electricity sector in the country and the attention to its business system. It will take years and billions of dollars to rebuild its generating capacity. This text updates an English translation published in May 17, 2023 of an article published on December 17, 2022.
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