The solar panel battery, located in the Cuatro Caminos People’s Council (electoral district) of the Cotorro municipality, will generate 21.8 megawatts (MW) a day and will allow saving of more than 8,000 tons of diesel fuel in 12 months, the source said.

The head of State was accompanied at the inauguration ceremony by Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés, Minister of Energy and Mines Vicente de la O Levy, Chinese Ambassador Hua Xin, and the top Havana officials.

Díaz-Canel presented certificates of acknowledgment to the directors and workers of the Electric Union who carried out an arduous task in preparing the land and assembling metal structures and other components of the electrical generation system.

The Cuban Government is implementing an investment plan for the transition towards clean energy, which includes the generation of more than 2,000 MW of power, with the installation of 92 solar photovoltaic parks.

Officials from Energy and Mines Ministry have explained that in parallel, Cuba would introduce gradual improvements in the power plants and would promote its wind energy production program, among others projects.

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