Cuba EnergyCuba energy facts: Source: CIA World Factbook Renewable Energy in CubaBiofuelThe Cuban energy company Zerus has signed an agreement with the British Havana Energy Co, to build biomass plants in the country.This pilot project is a Cuban effort to diversify and decentralize the energy production in the country, but there's also opposition in Cuba to the use of agriculture land for biofuel production. Fidel Castro wrote in a recent article (January 19 2011) in Juventud Rebelde (a publication of the Cuban Communist Youth)
"The world
has to choose between food production and production of biofuels. Solar CollectorsIn the Ciego de Avila province 450 solar water boilers were installed, half of the quantity during the year 2010.Photovoltaic SystemsCuba has a high solar radiation througout the year, this allows the use of photovoltaic systems. Many small systems consisting of two 40 Watt panels and a 150 Amph battery were installed in rural areas.The hydroelectric installations of Florencia have produced 406 MegaWatt Hr in 2010 before they were affected by drought. Wind PowerThis is the conversion of wind energy into electrical power by means of wind turbines. Eight hundred small wind turbines were installed in remote rural areas to provide animals with water.The British company Havana Energy is working together with the Cuban Ministry of Basic Industries to develop a 30 Mega Watt wind farm.
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