yurtsever
09-18-2008, 11:48 PM
The energy revolution started in Cuba in 2005 is helping to compensate the effects of hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which devastated the infrastructure of the National Electric Power System.
A report from the Cuban Electrical Union (UEC) states that the country suffered severe damages in this sector, after the fall of 146 towers of 220 kilowatts and 87 of 110 kilowatts.
UEC manager Ricardo Gonzalez told Prensa Latina that the strategic energy revolution has contributed to the accelerated re-establishment of the electrical service.
"Generators," he said, "have played an important role in guaranteeing vitality in hospitals, polyclinics, bakeries, pumping stations and centers for the production of foods, among other social-economic targets."
Over 88 percent of the population has electrical service, and generators work in those places where energy from the national electric power system cannot be tapped.
The western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio has been damaged for three weeks, but the main targets of the population have been revitalized with isolated generation microsystems, Gonzalez noted.
Transmission lines in the country"s eastern zone toppled with the passing of Hurricane Ike, but they were working again quickly with a system made up of 100 synchronized generators.
The Network Rehabilitation Program implemented in 2006, as part of the energy revolution strategy, enabled to change 140,000 poles and reduced damages provoked by the hurricanes, he stressed.
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A report from the Cuban Electrical Union (UEC) states that the country suffered severe damages in this sector, after the fall of 146 towers of 220 kilowatts and 87 of 110 kilowatts.
UEC manager Ricardo Gonzalez told Prensa Latina that the strategic energy revolution has contributed to the accelerated re-establishment of the electrical service.
"Generators," he said, "have played an important role in guaranteeing vitality in hospitals, polyclinics, bakeries, pumping stations and centers for the production of foods, among other social-economic targets."
Over 88 percent of the population has electrical service, and generators work in those places where energy from the national electric power system cannot be tapped.
The western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio has been damaged for three weeks, but the main targets of the population have been revitalized with isolated generation microsystems, Gonzalez noted.
Transmission lines in the country"s eastern zone toppled with the passing of Hurricane Ike, but they were working again quickly with a system made up of 100 synchronized generators.
The Network Rehabilitation Program implemented in 2006, as part of the energy revolution strategy, enabled to change 140,000 poles and reduced damages provoked by the hurricanes, he stressed.
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={02913249-490A-4FB2-8817-25FB8BCF4356})&language=EN