By Prensa Latina
Havana : In a bid to assimilate and expand power generation through the force of winds, Cuba will build three windfarms in 2077, for a gradual take off of the energy, according to government authorities.
Besides the installation opened in the Isle of Youth in February this year, another one, with six generators, is being built in the city of Gibara in Holguin province in northern coast and a third station in the same province has also been planned.
The three, together with the installation operating in Turiguano island since 1999, will modestly contribute in mid 2008, 11.7 megawatts, but feasibility studies are being carried out to reach higher levels of wind-driven generators in the future, they asserted.
According to the experts, windfarms were conceived to gain experience in the negotiation, construction, assembly, implementation, and operation of several technologies, as a starting point for the energy development.