Guiteras power plant leaves grid about 24 hours after reconnecting

The Antonio Guiteras power plant went offline again Tuesday at 10:11 p.m., about one day after reconnecting to Cuba's national grid. The Electric Union reported the new outage, marking another interruption after several days disconnected.

The unit reconnected shortly after 10 p.m. Monday following a failure and began increasing output. By the next morning it was producing 100 megawatts, still far below its normal level.

That output was less than half its capacity under normal conditions. Reconnection and generation level are separate stages: the plant returned to the grid but did not reach regular output before the next outage.

Guiteras is Cuba's largest single generating block and largest thermoelectric plant, giving its condition national significance. This sequence involved reduced generation after reconnection followed by another interruption.

The unit went offline because of a failure, synchronized Monday night and left service again Tuesday at 10:11 p.m. Roughly 24 hours separated reconnection and the new outage. The 100 MW reading belongs to the following morning.