Cuba opens clean energy to foreign investment
Por María Julia Mayoral
Havana._ Cuba's minister for Energy and Mines, Alfredo López Valdes, has reiterated that investments envisaged in the island's renewable energy sector until 2030 will cover the installation of 755-megawatts (MW) bioelectrical plants based on the present potential of 22 sugarcane mills.
'By then, the country aspires to be generating 24% of domestic electricity from renewable sources and the sugarcane sector will play a key role in this regard, by supplying up to 14%.'
According to Bárbara Hernández, an engineer with the Azcuba group, the generation capacity of the bioelectrical plants linked to the sugarcane sector could reach 860mw in 25 plants nationwide, from the western province of Artemisa to Santiago de Cuba in the east
These installations use the biomass residues from the milling process, known as sugarcane bagasse.
Hernández highlighted that since 2014, Azcuba has negotiated the assembly of 11 bioelectrical plants, representing 60% of the 755mw foreseen in the government endorsed plan. Four are state-run and seven are the result of foreign investment.
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