Vicente de La O Levy, Cuba’s Minister of Energy and Mines, paid a working visit to the province to assess the progress of economic and social transformations approved nationwide, with a particular focus on promoting renewable energy sources and electrical equipment recovery.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- During his tour, the Minister visited the winding workshop at the Las Tunas Stainless Steel Company (ACINOX), where he acknowledged the potential and the high competence of the personnel working on the recovery of damaged electrical transformers.

According to specialists and executives from the Las Tunas Electric Company and the industrial facility itself, this is vital, given the country’s current inability to procure such equipment on the international market. The Minister committed to supporting this initiative by providing the parts and components necessary to carry out this strategy.

"Every province must recover its own damaged transformers, as the country remains unable to purchase them on the international market; what has been demonstrated here serves as an example of what can be achieved in each territory," it was noted during the discussion.

Subsequently, De La O Levy toured the Las Tunas Railway Terminal, where the existing infrastructure is being remodeled for the development of a solar-powered refueling station —a project nearing completion.

The Minister inquired about the facility's capacity —which, in its initial phase, will reach approximately 90 kilowatts— as well as the services it will provide and how it might contribute to the national electric grid by selling a portion of the energy it generates.

In this regard, the Minister emphasized the necessity of committing to renewable energy sources, noting that initiatives like this illustrate the scope of the latest policies adopted by the country as part of its 176 economic and social transformations approved.