Cuba experiences sixth nationwide blackout this year

Only a fraction of Cuba's electrical grid was operating in the capital after the system suffered its sixth nationwide blackout of the year.

Cuba was hit by its fourth island-wide blackout in less than a month, as US energy restrictions and decrepit infrastructure continue to hammer the Caribbean nation.

CUBA’S national electricity grid collapsed on Sunday, plunging the entire island into a blackout.

Cuba’s energy grid collapsed late Sunday, the state-owned electricity utility announced on social media, plunging the Caribbean country into yet another nationwide blackout. Sunday’s blackout is the first of August, and comes after the island of 10-million people suffered three in July as the US continues imposing an o

The country has been suffering rolling power cuts due to aging equipment and a US energy embargo that halted regular deliveries of fuel for power stations.

The power cuts have made normal life almost impossible, with each outage also meaning that water supplies trickle away and ceiling fans slow to a halt.

Cuba's electricity grid has collapsed again after three nationwide blackouts in July. The power failure comes amid a US-imposed oil blockade on the communist island.

Cuba faces yet another nationwide blackout as electrical grid collapses  CNN

Cuba’s ageing power grid collapsed on Sunday after a weekend of outages and amid US-imposed fuel shortages.

Cuba's power grid failed Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout, a state utility said in a social media post

A major electrical fire at the Blue Hills Power Station triggered a complete loss of power across New Providence, marking the most significant in a series of island-wide Bahamas blackout events in 2026 that disrupted daily life and tourism activities.

After a successful trial at a substation, China plans to expand the application of quantum technologies – including precision sensors and computer simulations – across its power grid to help prevent blackouts. During the 18-month trial in Hefei in Anhui province, quantum technology was used to rapidly detect and diagno