Havana – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city of Cuba, and one of the fifteen provinces of the Republic of Cuba. Visitors come to Havana for its music, history, culture, architecture and
The minister of energy and head of the nation's electric utility encouraged Cubans to buy rooftop solar systems paired with batteries, instead of the gas and diesel generators purchased by Cubans who can afford them.
In a nation with plentiful sunshine, Cuban officials have long had the opportunity to encourage solar power as one solution to national energy problems. But October's sweeping outages — the island's worst power failure in years — show little progress has been made.
Cuba's large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month may not have happened if the government had built out more solar power to boost its failing electric grid as promised, some experts say.
Besides the strong sunlight, there is another way that Cuba is a good candidate for solar. A significant share of its electricity comes from smaller power plants distributed around the country. Solar could be added or switched out in those locations. But it hasn't happened yet.
PDF version includes complete article with source references.
Get technical specifications, European subsidy information, and ROI analysis tools for peak shaving and container energy storage solutions.
ul. Technologii 15, Park Przemysłowy
geochojnice.pl, Poland
Office: +48 22 525 6683
Technical: +48 189 486 173
Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM CET