Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by kevinday » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:36 AM UTC

Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails
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Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by gnabgib » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:41 AM UTC

Discussion (20 points, 7 hours ago, 15 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41883162

Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by throwaway199956 » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:58 AM UTC

Some further updates:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-power-grid-1.7356496

It appears power is being restored atleast in some parts.

Also airports and flight operations seems not to have been affected.

Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by ocschwar » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:59 AM UTC

Lead times for new infrastructure on the grid is an 18 month minimum. This is going to stay bad for a long time.

Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by voidfunc » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:12 AM UTC

ocschwar wrote: post #4

Lead times for new infrastructure on the grid is an 18 month minimum. This is going to stay bad for a long time.

Maybe it will lead to regime change then. Cuba deserves better.

Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by s5300 » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:22 AM UTC

voidfunc wrote: post #5

ocschwar wrote: post #4

Lead times for new infrastructure on the grid is an 18 month minimum. This is going to stay bad for a long time.

Maybe it will lead to regime change then. Cuba deserves better.

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Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by iwontberude » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:27 AM UTC

ocschwar wrote: post #4

Lead times for new infrastructure on the grid is an 18 month minimum. This is going to stay bad for a long time.

Couldn't China pull up a big floating power generation barge for them?

Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by sam1r » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:34 AM UTC

iwontberude wrote: post #7

ocschwar wrote: post #4

Lead times for new infrastructure on the grid is an 18 month minimum. This is going to stay bad for a long time.

Couldn't China pull up a big floating power generation barge for them?

For situations such as these, I wonder why isn't there a lookup table with key value pairings such as

Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by vivzkestrel » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:36 AM UTC

stupid question: cuba is a hot country that supposedly receives plenty of sunlight throughout the year, why hasn't there been a solar initiative for every house or something along those lines?

Re: Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

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Post by K0balt » Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:39 AM UTC

It’s unfortunate that Cuba is so reliant on inefficient oil fired plants. Solar power could easily cover their needs if it weren’t for the economic and sanctions situation. I feel like we will be seeing this bloom into a more political situation before too long.