Energy & power plants · Artemisa

CTE Máximo Gómez (Mariel)

Thermoelectric power plant (oil-fired)

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Scale

~400 MW nameplate (Soviet-era ~90 MW units; effective output far lower)

Status

Severely degraded 2025-2026. A 2022 fire knocked out Units 6-7 (~170 MW); Unit 6 returned then went offline again Sept 2025 on oil contamination and pump faults. Chronic outages. Opportunity: full retrofit/repowering.

Sector

Energy & power plants

Province

Artemisa

Coordinates

23.022, -82.750

Layer

Layer 2 · Atlas

Notes

Operated by Unión Eléctrica (UNE) under MINEM via the SEN national grid.

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 · CiberCuba · OpenInfraMap · Cubadebate

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