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Power plants in Cuba

14 power-plant records · 3,797 MW reported capacity

  • Oil 64%
  • Gas 14%
  • Solar 14%
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Cuba at a glance

Power-plant records
14
Reported capacity
3,797 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
4%
Most records
Oil, Gas
Capital
Havana

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Cuba

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Ageing oil-fired plants and Turkish power ships supply most power. Frequent failures caused island-wide blackouts in 2024 and 2025.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

The state Unión Eléctrica (UNE) runs generation, the national grid and distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

ARIAE verifies Unión Eléctrica as the source of electricity-sector legislation and links its official website. Detailed current network-operating responsibilities have not yet been independently documented in this directory.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Cuba generates electricity

Electricity generated19.4 TWh
Renewable share4%
Low-carbon share4%
Carbon intensity642.8 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.12 TWh
Wind0.07 TWh
Solar0.24 TWh
Bioenergy0.35 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas2.7 TWh
Other fossil16 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Cuba is in Caribbean. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Havana
Languages
Spanish
Region
Caribbean

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 14 records for Cuba. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

14 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

3 lack an owner/operator; 14 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Cuba

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Browse 14 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

500 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Technoprom · historical recordDetails & map

Gibara

Wind
10.2 MW
Owner in source
Unión Eléctrica
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
CDM · historical recordDetails & map

MW measures rated capacity, not electricity generated. Records may describe units, installations, projects or whole complexes. Review inventory coverage and licenses. Download this country’s records.