According to Alejandro Araujo, investment specialist of Organizacion Basica Electrica of Havana, the new substation will benefit more than 75,000 consumers and also hospitals located in the area and hotels Monte Barreto.

The plant is located in the municipality of Marianao and it is equipped with state-of-the-art technology that will allow the operator to promptly identify interruptions.

Araujo said the substation is extreme-weather proof withstanding strong winds and it gives out little noise. The specialist assured that the plant was designed according to environmental protection standards.

Other investments in the sector include the building of two 110 kW substations on agricultural areas in Ciego de Avila, two others in the eastern province of Holguin, and another one in Santiago de Las Vegas, Havana.

Raul Garcia, Union Nacional Electrica, told ACN the investments are aimed at achieving high power availability and reducing power loss in the system, and ultimately at attaining national self-sufficiency in energy supply, in accordance with the Draft Guidelines for the Economic and Social Policy of the Cuban
Communist Party.