HERITAGE ATLAS — USSR

Ernesto Guevara Thermal Power Plant (East Havana, Santa Cruz del Norte)

Тепловая электростанция имени Эрнесто Гевары («Восточная Гавана», Санта-Крус-дель-Норте)
CubaСанта-Крус-дель-Норте1983–1991Energy
A thermal power plant on the north coast east of Havana with three units (two of 100 MW and one of 95 MW) of Soviet technology. In July 1983 Fidel Castro named the 'East Havana thermoelectric plant' among the country's four largest construction projects whose equipment was supplied from the USSR under Soviet credits; according to reference data the plant was completed in 1991. It burns Cuban crude delivered by pipeline.
Тепловая электростанция на северном побережье к востоку от Гаваны с тремя энергоблоками (два по 100 МВт и один 95 МВт) советской технологии. В июле 1983 года Фидель Кастро назвал «термоэлектростанцию востока Гаваны» одной из четырёх крупнейших строек страны, оборудование для которых поставлялось из СССР в счёт советских кредитов; по справочным данным, станция завершена в 1991 году. Работает на кубинской нефти, поступающей по трубопроводу.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionIndustry and infrastructure
Present ownerState of Cuba (Unión Eléctrica)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1991
StatusIn use
As of2025-03
According to a Granma report of 19 March 2025, the plant is in operation; a project to modernise one of its 100 MW units and to install a new 200 MW unit with a Russian credit is under discussion.

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