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Energy · Cienfuegos

CTE Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (Cienfuegos)

Thermoelectric power plant (oil-fired)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only
Scale
316 MW (two ~158 MW oil-fired units)
Status
Repeatedly down through 2025: Unit 3 tripped on a boiler leak then a condenser fault; Unit 4 under maintenance. Long repair cycles add to the national deficit. Opportunity: boiler/condenser rehabilitation.
Sector
Energy
Province
Cienfuegos
Coordinates
22.159, -80.456
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Operated by Unión Eléctrica (UNE) under MINEM.
Controlling entity
Unión Eléctrica (UNE)

National electric utility under the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Owns the thermoelectric fleet, the China-backed solar program and wind farms. State-owned and embargo-restricted, though not itself on the CRL/SDN.

Sources: Global Energy Monitor · Cubaheadlines · CiberCuba · OpenInfraMap