Cuba to build biomass power plant

June 19, 2013
  A Chinese-designed biomass power plant fueled with byproducts of sugar production is planned go up in Matanzas province, according to official news agency Prensa Latina.   The...


Solar energy complex to be constructed in Eastern Cuba

  A 2.5 megawatt solar energy complex, which will be hooked into the national power system, is being constructed in Guantanamo in Eastern Cuba.    The facility, which...


Cuba to launch first bio-fuel plant, to invest $60m

June 17, 2013
Cuban government is gearing up to launch its debut bio-fuel power plant in the country with an investment of $60m.   The government is seeking technical aid...


Cuban Sugar Mills Make Significant Energy Contributions to National Grid

June 12, 2013
A significant contribution to the National Electric Power System (SEN for its Spanish acronym) was made by sugar workers of Ciego de Avila in the...


Cuba Bets to Renewable Energy to Produce Electricity

June 11, 2013
  Cuba is progressively developing renewable energy projects in an effort to stop depending on fossil fuels.    The setting up of wind farms, solar energy facilities, biomass...


Solar Energy Complex to be Raised in Eastern Cuba

  A 2.5 megawatt solar energy complex, which will be hooked to the National Power System, is being raised in this eastern city.   The facility, which will...


Last Cuban offshore oil project ending for now

June 10, 2013
This is the Songa Mercur, the oil rig the Russians used to drill near the Bahamas. (Wikimedia photo)   A Russian oil company using a Norwegian-owned drilling...


World Wind Energy Award 2013 goes to Vergnet Eolien

  The Board of the World Wind Energy Association has decided on the occasion of the 12th World Wind Energy Conference 2013 in Havana, Cuba, to give the...


Spanish company may produce LED lights in Cuba

  Benito Muros, a controversial Spanish entrepreneur who designed a long-lasting light bulb, is planning to manufacture his product in Cuba, official news agency Prensa Latina...


The United Nations Extols Cuban Energy Program

June 7, 2013
 Claudio Tomasi, resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cuba, praised on Wednesday the program implemented by the island for the sustainable...


Energy Program Strengthens Cuba-Canada Cooperation, Says Ambassador Levin

Matthew Levin, Canada’s ambassador to Cuba, pointed out that the cooperation project carried out to make the island’s wind atlas strengthens bonds of friendship and...


Use of Renewable Energy in Cuban Rural Communities Stands Out

June 5, 2013
 The use of renewable energy in remote rural communities and agricultural cooperatives in Cuba stands out in the exhibition of the 12th World Renewable Energy...


Cuba”s Wind Energy Atlas Highlighted at World Conference

June 4, 2013
  Cuba”s wind energy atlas stands out among the island”s achievements shown at the 12th World Wind Energy Conference, which meets today in Havana.   “One of the...


Twelfth World Wind Energy Conference Underway in Cuba

  The development and prospects of the use of renewable energy sources in Cuba will capture, from today until Friday, the attention of the participants at...


Cuba-China Expand Cooperation in Transport, Industry, Energy, Health

  Cuba and China agreed to cooperate in areas such as renewable energy, transport, industry, and the struggle against cancer, during the signing of agreements between...


Cuba Hosts World Wind Energy Event

June 3, 2013
Cuba will show its progress at the 12th Congress of the World Wind Energy Association and Renewable Energy Exhibition (WWEC2013), which begins today at the...


How the Chinese are Helping to Transform Cuba, Again

May 30, 2013
  Havana Chinatown In 1958 a young Chinese Cuban named Armando Choy posed for the camera in front of a drab brick farmhouse in Fomento, a town...


Cuba to Present Experiences in Global Wind Power Conference

  Cuba will show its progress in World Wind Energy Conference and Renewable Energy Exhibition WWEC-2013 in Havana, from June 3 to 5, with a special...


Ramiro Valdes Notes Energy Investments in Sancti Spiritus

May 17, 2013
   As a very rewarding experience for Cuba qualified the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes Menendez, Politburo member and vice president of the Councils of...


Cuba to Host Workshop on Renewable Energy Sources

May 9, 2013
  Promoting sustainable energy and socioeconomic development based on renewable sources and respect for the environment will be objectives of the 11th International Workshop Cubasolar, scheduled...


Cuba seeking more renewable energy projects

April 18, 2013
Increasing its call to foreign investors to participate in renewable-energy projects on the island, the Cuban government upped its plans with five biomass, wood, solar...


Cuba and Italy Sign Accord in Renewable Energy Sector

March 22, 2013
  Italy and Cuba have signed a joint working agreement to develop technical cooperation projects in the renewable energy sector.   The document was penned by Italy’s Green...


Cubans To Discuss Oil Drilling During Visit

March 14, 2013
  A TEAM from Cuba will be arriving in the coming weeks to meet with local officials regarding “environmental matters of mutual concern” over oil drilling,...


Cuba plans to add 8 wind power farms

January 14, 2013
Cuba announced a plan Sunday to build eight new wind farms by 2020, capable of generating 280 megawatts (MW) of power, and saving 200,000 tons...


Cuba to boost renewable energy use in 2013

December 12, 2012
Cuba has planned to press ahead with new programs in 2013 to boost the use of renewable and clean energy sources such as wind, sun...


SRUC Supports Pioneering Cuban Renewable Energy Venture

December 5, 2012
SAC Consulting (a Division of SRUC) has played a key role in a ground-breaking agreement between the Cuban Government and a British renewable energy company. It...


Cuban wind farms survive Hurricane Sandy

November 7, 2012
The Cuban government announced last week at a meeting with the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) in Havana that none of the two wind farms has shown...


Cuban wind farms survive Hurricane Sandy

The Cuban government announced last week at a meeting with the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) in Havana that none of the two wind farms...


Cuba’s Fragile Power Grid Needs Renewable Energy/Phoenix Rising: Renewable Energy Good News Comes to Light After Hurricane Sandy

October 3, 2012
  Cuba’s Fragile Power Grid Needs Renewable Energy HAVANA, Oct 03 (IPS) – Only 3.8 percent of the electric power generated in 2011 in Cuba came from...


Cuba’s Power Grid Needs Renewable Energy

Only 3.8 percent of the electric power generated in 2011 in Cuba came from renewable sources, compared to 18 percent in 1979 – a retreat...


Cuba’s Fragile Power Grid Needs Renewable Energy

Only 3.8 percent of the electric power generated in 2011 in Cuba came from renewable sources, compared to 18 percent in 1979 – a retreat...


Cuba Increases Use of Renewable Energy

September 26, 2012
Cuba grew by four percent the use of renewable energy in its economy during 2011, compared with 2010, according to data from the National Statistics...


Cuban packages biogas in plastic bags for domestic use

September 14, 2012
A Cuban farmer has devised a method for packaging biogas in plastic bags to facilitate domestic use of the fuel, the Communist Party daily Granma...


Cuba Packages Biogas Emitted from Pigs in Plastic Baggies

September 13, 2012
(Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images) (2011 Getty Images) Havana –  A Cuban farmer has devised a method for packaging biogas in plastic bags to facilitate domestic use of the fuel, the Communist Party daily Granma reported Wednesday. “Although...


Use of Renewable Energy is Crucial for Cuba’s Development

September 4, 2012
Cubans continue to consider zones with high wind potential in the country to expand the use of this renewable energy source with new equipment, according...


Cuba plans to install 280 MW wind power

August 13, 2012
Director of Emergency Generation and Renewable Sources, Aleisly Valdes announced that Cuba plans to install 280 MW of wind energy,saying that eight parks will be...


First Photovoltaic Solar Energy Plant in Cuba in 2012

August 9, 2012
Cuba will start building a 50-megawatt wind farm in the eastern province of Las Tunas in 2013, to join the three wind power plants already...


Cuba to Open Solar Power Plant

This year Cuba will have its first solar photovoltaic power plant, said Mario Alberto Arrastia, a specialist with the Cubaenergia company, speaking to the Juventud...


Cuba successfully test drives biofuel vehicle

July 27, 2012
Cuba has successfully tested vehicle biofuel, using it to drive an automobile 1,500 kilometres (930 miles), state media reported. Part of the first 400 litres (about...


New Cuban biodiesel looks to ‘bellyache bush’

July 16, 2012
 A new biodiesel plant in Cuba — the first of its type — is turning seeds from the so-called “bellyache bush” into a green energy...





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