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Energy · La Habana

CTE Otto Parellada (Tallapiedra)

Thermoelectric power plant (urban Havana, oil-fired)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only
Scale
~60-64 MW (single legacy unit)
Status
Small, very old urban plant on Havana Bay; a 64 MW unit (1972) ran until ~2024, intermittently feeding ~45 MW. Site sits on the historic Havana grid tied to the confiscated Cuban Electric Company — see /claims. Opportunity: limited; value mainly as urban land/peaker.
Sector
Energy
Province
La Habana
Coordinates
23.129, -82.346
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Operated by Unión Eléctrica (UNE) under MINEM. Overlaps the pre-1959 Havana grid in the Cuban Electric Company confiscation claim — not treated as a separate claim here. Coordinates approximate.
Controlling entity

National electric utility under the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Owns the thermoelectric fleet, the China-backed solar program and wind farms. State-owned and embargo-restricted, though not itself on the CRL/SDN.

Sources: Global Energy Monitor · CiberCuba · lahabana.gob.cu