Havana, Apr 16 (IANS): Cuba was renovating its oldest hydroelectric
plant with Chinese parts and technology, media reports said.
The Salto Piloto Plant would be upgraded with two 270 kilowatts (KW)
turbines manufactured in China, reported Xinhua citing Havana's Radio Reloj.
The century-old plant was built to supply power to the city of Pinar del
Rio, some 150 km west of Havana.
The Pinar del Rio province has 10 hydroelectric plants that are part of
the government's push to generate renewable energy in order to protect
the environment.
Mario Alberto Arrastia, an expert, said the island country, which
currently has 180 hydroelectric plants that produce some 65 megawatts of
electricity a day, has the potential to produce 10 times more.
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