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Energy & power plants · Matanzas

Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant

Thermoelectric power plant (most critical block)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only
Scale
330 MW; ran at ~25-34% capacity; 9th breakdown of 2026 by May
Status
Deeply distressed; no overhaul since 2010, with recurrent 2026 boiler/economizer and superheater failures driving frequent SEN trips and blackouts. UNE and MINEM now plan a shorter ~25–30-day maintenance outage, down from the earlier ~180-day halt, though
Sector
Energy & power plants
Province
Matanzas
Coordinates
23.045, -81.555
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Unión Eléctrica (UNE).
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: Microgrid Media · Cuban press