David, There is an effort in Mexico that is providing solar panels to set up in Cuba. wHY not long before the capitalists decided
On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM David Walters via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > just on Cuba's lack of planning around generation...you might be a bit > unfair. First of all real solar energy generation has only been around for > about 10 years. Yes, panels were going up on North American middle class > homes for long than that, but modern *utility scale* solar energy is a > relatively new thing. It requires a very sensitive and robust grid along > with advanced computers and...battery storage, which is out of cost for > even most USonians. To think totally impoverished Cuba could invest in this > is wishful thinking, IMO. However, solar panels ARE being installed, > without battery back up, to at least power some homes and businesses during > the day when it is not to cloudy. > > OK...historically...Cuba was quite committed to nuclear energy and started > building two Russian VVER-440MW reactors which at the time would of > supplied about 1/3 of Cuba's energy needs (I think, I'd have to look it > up). Cuba wanted to get off of fossil fuels for a variety of reason. When > the USSR collapsed, construction was suspended and that would need no > discussion obviously. I think it is highly unfortunate the reactors...an > excellent design and nothing like the Chernobyl reactors. > > Cuba's electrical need ranges ranges between 3,000 and 3,500 Megawatts > (MW) according to wiki. The reactors are basically impervious to > hurricanes. They would need about 7 of these older VVER reactors to meet > all the needs of Cuba's electrical grid so they could stop burning 110,000 > barrels a day they do now. Oh well, a sad thing IMO. > > David > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41813): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41813 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119400124/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
