Cuba has already installed 50 MW of battery storage and expects to add another 100 MW in October, according to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who provided the figures during a recent program broadcast by Radio Rebelde.
The planned storage deployment comes as Cuba accelerates its solar buildout. The country has installed 1,418 MW of PV across 144 parks and expects to exceed 1.5 GW by the end of 2026, said Díaz-Canel.
More than 563 MW of PV systems have also been installed at consumer sites in the state and non-state sectors. Díaz-Canel said private-sector consumers have recorded the fastest growth in distributed solar and now generate 20% of their electricity consumption from PV, reducing their demand on Cuba’s national electricity system.
Renewable energy sources account for 21.4% of Cuba’s electricity generation, according to figures presented by Díaz-Canel.
Solar deployment is also being used to support water pumping. Cuba has installed 646 solar-powered pumps for supplying the population and more than 1,000 for livestock and irrigation, according to Díaz-Canel.
The government also plans to receive another 200 MW of solar PV capacity dedicated exclusively to water-pumping systems. The aim is for water pumping to operate independently of the national electricity system during the first months of 2027, with the approach subsequently extended to other provinces.
Cuba is also deploying renewable energy at public-service facilities. Díaz-Canel said renewable energy systems have been installed at 99% of polyclinics, 47% of hospitals, 89% of nursing and senior-care homes, 99% of maternity homes, 98% of funeral homes, 16% of homes for children without family protection, and 72% of banks.
In the communications sector, 97% of radio stations have PV systems, along with 25% of Radio Cuba transmitters and 25% of Etecsa mobile base stations, according to Díaz-Canel.
Cuban banks offer financing for renewable-energy installations for households and economic entities, while the government has also expanded tax incentives for renewable energy.
Cuba has also established a feed-in tariff of 90 Cuban pesos per kWh for electricity supplied to the national grid by renewable-energy generators.
From pv magazine LatAm
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