Jenny ChaseFeb 17

When I see this sort of headline, I pull up BloombergNEF's solar exports from China tool, and yeah, Cuba was the destination for $117 million (about 1.3GW) of Chinese solar panels in 2025. This is up from approximately nothing in 2023.

Cuba had 6.8GW of power capacity total at the end of 2024, none of which was solar, 5.4GW of which was oil and 0.9GW gas. Solar slides nicely into an oil-heavy grid, pushing out expensive consumption immediately.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-cuba-oil-supply-power-grid-blackout/

Show threadJenny ChaseFeb 17

1. We don't have to depend on the whims of fossil tyrants for our electricity any more.

2. dammit I need to add Cuba to my solar demand spreadsheet and then the rest of the Bloomberg data system.

Show threadsee shy jo

@solar_chase According to this video, they are planning to install 10 GW. Video also mentions China is donating some of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDQtZn5uO-o

Ocho parques solares de 21,8 megawatts ya están sincronizados al Sistema Eléctrico Nacional

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