(KPL/Prensa Latina) Cuba will reportedly increase sevenfold the generation of energy with the use of solar radiation through a macro investment program that is part today of the program to change its energy matrix and sovereignty on this field.

According to the director of renewable energy of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), Rosell Guerra, the generation of electric energy through this modality will grow by more than two thousand megawatts with after two photovoltaic solar parks projects are completed.

This figure means a seven-fold increase in a short period of time of the power we have installed in the last few years, which at the end of last July was only 286 megawatts, the Minem official added.

The projection includes technologies that will allow taking advantage of photovoltaic energy beyond daytime hours, Guerra explained, which will be achieved with the increase of 200 MW in the accumulation of energy through battery banks, a concept for which Cuba currently has only 10 megawatts.

According to the Minem expert, the macro investment program for photovoltaic energy will not only provide electricity, but will also reduce the consumption of some 900,000 tons of fuel annually.

These clean energy projects and at the same time the generation with the use of national gas and crude oil will allow the country to meet the target of reaching 24 percent participation of renewable energy sources by 2030, said the executive.

He also highlighted the integration achieved between the Electrical Union and other ministries and agencies of the central administration of the State, together with the government of each province to make the photovoltaic development projection a reality.

KPL