Scarce food and stifling homes: sputtering grid pushes Cuba nearer collapse | Cuba
Dusk has become a particularly frenetic time in Havana as Cuba braces for a third power outage after multiple failed attempts to restart the national power grid. Long lines for bread formed in the capital from early in the day. The night before, people had come out of their damp homes and were looking for […]
Cuba working to reestablish electrical service after second grid collapse
Cuba's government said it was working again to restore power to the entire island after state media reported early Saturday that the national power grid had collapsed for the second time in 24 hours. Lazaro Guerra, the country's top electricity authority, said on a morning TV news show that a new power grid failure has […]
Cuba hit by second blackout after grid collapse
Cubans experienced a second wave of power outages on Saturday after government officials said they were working to restore power to hospitals and vital service centers following Friday's power grid outage. “At 6:15 a.m., there was another complete outage of the country's electrical energy system,” a post on the official Telegram channel of the Cuban […]
Cuba’s Power Grid Goes Dark, Officials Say
On Friday, all of Cuba was plunged into darkness after the island's main power plant suddenly shut down. An unexpected power outage at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Cuba caused the country's power system to be “completely shut down at 11 a.m.,” the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) announced. Posted in X. […]
Massive blackout hits Cuba after entire power grid fails; communist government blames the US
The entire island nation of Cuba fell into darkness The state energy minister made the admission Friday after a major power plant broke down. Severe power shortages had already forced the communist government to restrict electricity use to save the grid. State employees were sent home, and non-essential industries and schools were also closed. “I […]
Biden administration putting $1.5B into four electric power projects — including interconnection for Texas’s isolated grid
The Biden administration announced Thursday it will spend $1.5 billion on four power projects, including connecting Texas' isolated power grid to the southeast. The four projects are expected to improve grid reliability and improve energy access, the Department of Energy said in a press release. Together, they are expected to enable 7,100 megawatts of new […]
Maryland woman sentenced 18 years for conspiring to take out Baltimore power grid
A Catonsville, Maryland, woman was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for conspiring to damage or destroy electrical facilities near Baltimore, Maryland. She and her co-conspirators planned to carry out the plot for white supremacist reasons to destroy society. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy earlier […]
Big tech firms balk at Ohio electric utility demand to pay for grid upgrades
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have banded together to fight Ohio's power company, which is demanding it pay for power grid upgrades needed to support big tech companies' plans to install energy-hungry data centers to power artificial intelligence technology. American Electric Power Ohio, which supplies electricity to Columbus and other cities as well as rural […]
UK government to buy electricity system operator from National Grid for £630m | Energy industry
The British government has agreed to take control of the National Grid division, responsible for keeping electricity supplied, in a £630 million deal that takes effect next month. The Electricity System Operator (ESO) will be brought under public control and a new National Energy System Operator (NESO) will be established, which will also oversee the […]
BONNER COHEN: Trump Has A Plan To Fix The Electricity Grid — Increase Supply
Former President Donald Trump said on September 5 that the U.S. needs more power to keep the artificial intelligence (AI) sector growing and keep the U.S. tech industry ahead of China. He vowed to issue it in his second term. “Declaration of a national emergency to dramatically increase the nation's energy supply” But expanding domestic […]