The northern part of the region, particularly in the municipalities of Nuevitas, Minas, Sierra de Cubitas and Esmeralda, which have been affected by weather events such as hurricanes in the last five years, is already being benefited, in a total of 340 remote houses.

According to the official website of Radio Cadena Agramonte, “the equipment has six panels, whose high quality inverter converts the direct current they generate into alternate current for the consumption of two kilowatts”.

This allows the use of various household appliances, such as televisions, fans and refrigerators, which cannot be used in other systems of this kind, he added.

The two-kilowatt power equipment comes from the European Union, are manufactured in China, and are distributed in all four central Cuban provinces (Camagüey, Ciego Avila, Sancti Spíritus and Villa Clara), which were affected in 2017 by Hurricane Irma, specifically in the northern municipalities.

The project, which has been implemented since 2022, prioritizes the most remote and distant communities from the provincial capital to improve the people’s living conditions.

In statements to local media, Juan Carlos Lacaba, senior specialist of the Renewable Energy Sources Business Unit, attached to the Provincial Electric Company, noted that “the UNDP focuses with this donation on vulnerable families, with women with more than one child and that their houses in unfavorable construction conditions, in addition all families that were affected by Hurricane Irma, and people who have no power by any means from the National Power System.”

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