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Energy Revolution in Cuba
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Eolian Park on the Isle of Youth about to generate
BY DIEGO RODRIGUEZ MOLINA—Granma daily staff writer—
NUEVA GERONA.—The works involved
in the final stage of mounting the Eolian Park
installed on the Isle of Youth to generate
electricity via a more economical alternative as
part of the Energy Revolution were commended by
Yadira García Vera, minister of basic industry,
during a tour of the area, some 40 kilometers from
this city.
The likewise member of the
Political Bureau, accompanied by Elizabeth Cámara,
member of the Central Committee and first secretary
of the Party here, met with workers in the sector
who are raising the 55-meter towers that will carry
the six French technology aero-generators that can
be dismantled at the approach of hurricanes, an
aspect that gives this field an advantage over
others introduced into the country.
Located in the eastern part of
the second island in the Cuban archipelago, given
that the air velocity there is highly suitable for
generation, the complex will add 1,650 kilowatts to
the local electrical energy system without
contaminating the atmosphere, and based on renewable
raw material, like the wind.
García Vera acknowledged the
territory’s efforts to incorporate new renewable
energy sources in line with its potential, including
that of generating from the forestall biomass, and
highlighted the favorable results in terms of
savings, by decreasing electricity consumption by
0.3%, despite the fact that the 40% of the island’s
population have been cooking with electricity for
some months. This translated into 1,300 tons of
unused oil.
Translated by Granma
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