The Ministry of Energy and Mines of Cuba reported today through social networks about the arrival in Havana Bay of a new 240-megawatt (MW) floating power plant, to support electricity generation in the country.

As it is reported on its Twitter account by the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the new patana will join seven others already operating on the Island and will contribute 240 MW to the national electric power system, once synchronized.

These types of vessels with energy technology make it possible to maintain other thermoelectric plants, contribute to increasing the national reserve and replace the use of diesel, one of the most expensive fuels in generation.

Therefore, the plant will reinforce the capacities of the national electricity system which, although it presents a better situation than in previous months, still suffers from not a few tensions.