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UN Praises Cuba’s Use of Renewable Sources

Vincent Kitio, Chief of the Urban Energy Section at the UN-Habitat organization praised the efforts of Cuba to spread the use of renewable...


Renewable-energy delegation visits Cuba

A delegation of renewable-energy companies put together by Germany’s Aussenhandelskammer (AHK) visited Cuba March 12-16. The group included representatives of eight midsize companies, according to the...


Solar Source Installs Cuba’s Largest Solar Array at Guantanamo Bay

The 1,200 panel solar power system will generate clean electricity for the military fitness center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Largo, FL – Tampa-based solar contractor,...


Cuba to create ministries of mining and energy

* Ministry of Basic Industries to be eliminated * Reorganization aimed at making government more efficient HAVANA, March 1 (Reuters) – Cuba will create ministries of energy...


Forest waste energy generated in Santiago de Cuba

The Great Stone Forest Enterprise Integral Baconao account at this time with a forest waste gasifier enables the generation of electricity, which means...


A micro photovoltaic system has been connected to Cuba’s national power grid

A micro photovoltaic system has been connected to Cuba’s national power grid in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, with a view to...


Cuba on the Road to Clean Energy Development

More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources...


Cuba On The Road To Clean Energy Development

More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources...


Looking for new energy sources in Cuba

With the aim of replacing petroleum as an energy source, since it is an exhaustible resource, Cuba studies are underway to search for ...


Cuba to Build A Hundred Modern Biogas Plants

Cuba to Build A Hundred Modern Biogas Plants [Cuba to Build A Hundred Modern Biogas Plants.] Havana, Cuba, Jan 27.- Cuba will build 100 cutting-edge...


Cuba has high solar energy potential

Five KwH of solar energy fall daily on every square yard of Cuba, which equals the energy produced by one pound of oil, said...


Researchers from Scotland and Cuba turn destructive plant into valuable carbon

Researchers in Scotland and Cuba are ridding the Caribbean nation of a major ecological problem while producing one of the world’s most sought...


Central Cuba Advances in Obtaining Renewable Energy

Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) At least 16 physical, chemical and microbiological tests to obtain energy from agricultural and livestock, industrial...


Cuba to use sugar cane in new electricity plant

Enlarge A sugar cane harvester at work in Calimete, Matanzas province, Cuba. Cuba will open its first electricity plant using sugar cane as...


Cuba encourages foreign investment in mining, alternative energy

The Cuban government is encouraging foreign companies to invest in non-nickel mining and alternative energies on the island, official business weekly Opciones said,...


Solar Energy International Offers Renewable Energy Tour of Cuba

[ April 19, 2012 5:00 pm to April 29, 2012 5:00 pm. ] Eco Cuba Exchange and Solar Energy International co-host exciting April 2012 research...


Cuba and Vietnam Cooperate to Develop Energy Sources

Las Tunas, Cuba, Oct 5.- Cuban and Vietnamese specialists are introducing in the Caribbean island a new technology to generate energy using biogas, as explained...


Cuba ||Biogas Boosted in Holguin Province

The Cuban province of Holguin boasts of its 13 biogas plants By Alexis Rojas Aguilera / arojas@enet.cu / The Cuban province of Holguin keeps on boosting the use of...


Cuba Promotes Solar Energy Potentials

Current solar energy potentials in Cuba was highlighted by Luis Berriz, president of the Cuban Society for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources and Respect...


Cuba Expected to Increase Generation of Renewable Electricity by Late 2011

Renewable energy generation is likely to expand this year in Cuba following the beginning of exploitation of the Gibara II Wind Farm, the ...


Cuba Boosts Use of Renewable Sources of Energy

The vice minister of the Basic Industry, Juan Manuel Presa, said on Monday that Cuba will continue to boost the use of renewable ...


Cuba Considers Using Hydrogen as Energy Source

Studies for the use of hydrogen as an alternative energy source are underway in Cuba, Director of the Center for Studies on Renewable Energy...


Cuba Hosts International Workshop on Wind Energy

Engineers, researchers and academics dedicated to the development of wind energy from around the world will confer on the latest news on this...


Cuban Experts Promote Use of Renewable Sources of Energy

Third National Workshop on Energy Communication and Culture. HAVANA, CUBA.- “The future of the world rests on solar energy. It is healthy, natural...


Cuba ||Eastern Cuban Wind Farms Produce Over 21,000 Megawatts in Three Years

Holguin,  The two wind farms in the municipality of Gibara, in the eastern Cuban province of Holguin, contributed with 21,000 megawatts to the...


Cuba looks for new places to generate wind energy

CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba (ACN) — Wind prospecting research in the north of the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila has revealed...


Cuba Looks for New Places to Generate Wind Energy

The specialist on renewable energy in the province, Adonis Perez Lorenzo, pointed out that the data obtained during two years in 50 meters high anemometric...


Havana Energy launches pilot renewable energy project in Cuba

Havana Energy, a division of the Esencia Group, has entered into a partnership with Zerus for developing a 30 MW pilot power plant at Ciro...


Cuba exceeds power generation expectations with sugar cane biomass

The Cuban sugar cane agribusiness sector contributed to the saving of oil during the so-called short sugar cane harvest, by exceeding by 8...


Trade mission to Cuba helps develop renewable energy resources

Dr Wilf Mitchell of the School of Life Sciences recently participated in a trade mission to Cuba to discuss the government’s plans to turn...


UK firm signs Cuban renewable energy deal

Generating power from sugar cane fibre and wild shrubs is at the heart of a pioneering link between a British company and the Cuban government. Havana...


Policy Spotlight: Cuba Energy Policy

Cuba’s Energy Policy (section)  as extracted from the 2010 Economic & Social Policy Guidelines Energy policy 222.        Increase the national production of oil and accompanying...


Gibara One Wind Farm Generates More than 17 Thousand Megawatts

The generation of 17 thousand 754 Megawatts (MW/h) from the mid of February 2008 until last November, is a key contribution to the...


Wind energy in Cuba – next launch of Gibara II wind farm

The fourth Cuban wind farm and second located in the municipality of Gibara, north of Holguín province, with Goldwind’s wind turbines, entered a...


Cuba to try alternative energy system in 2011

A pilot micro solar energy system will be connected to the national power system in Cuba by the beginning of 2011 in an effort...


Ancon Hotel to Use Solar Energy in Cuba

  All resorts planned to be built in Sancti Spiritus will use solar energy as part of the strategy designed to reduce fuel consumption. ...


Cuba advancing a project to convert ocean thermal energy

The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a system based on taking advantage of temperature differences between sea surface and deep waters. In...


China helps Cuba construct wind farms

The construction of the Gibara II wind farm, made with Chinese technology, in the eastern province of Holguin, entered the phase of electrical...


US Expert Praises Cuba’s Use of Renewable Energy

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 8 (acn) Joan Marie, a US expert participating at the 9th International Workshop Cubasolar 2010, which wraps up today,...


CUBA URGED TO SPREAD ITS USE OF SOLAR ENERGY

Cuban and foreign experts propose to spread the countrhy’s experiences in the territorial solarisation project that tries to use solar energy sustainably. Such a move was...





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