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FILE PHOTO: Buildings are pictured during a blackout as the country's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, according to Cuba's energy and mines ministry, in the latest setback to the government's efforts to restore power to the island, in Havana, Cuba October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo
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Cuba decrees contingency plan, new restrictions as energy crisis deepens

Cuba mandates businesses generate 50 per cent renewable power in three years, limits air conditioning, amid its worst energy crisis.

FILE PHOTO: Apartments and buildings are partially lit as Cuba makes fast progress restoring power to swaths of the Caribbean island nation, both in Havana and outlying provinces, after the entire national electrical grid crashed last Friday, in Havana, Cuba October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo
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Chinese company bullish on Cuban solar drive, executive says

Cuba is desperate to generate electricity on an island where demand is rising but generation by antiquated oil-fired power plants has plummeted.

A woman sits with her dog at home during a power caused by breakdowns forcing six plants to go off-line on the grid, according to the state run power company, in Matanzas, Cuba August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
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Massive blackouts roil Cuba

Power outages totalling 14 hours or more per day were reported on Thursday across much of crisis-racked Cuba.

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