PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 218) — Chinese companies and technicians have become a mainstay in Cuba and the island’s struggling energy sector amid issues of recent impacting Venezuela, its long-term ally, and the OPEC country’s ability to remain a reliable supplier of crude oil, refined products or even drilling rigs and equipment to Cuba.
In recent years, Cuba has suffered increasingly from an energy crisis that has spared no parts of the island-nation. A case in option, in late-2024, the US Embassy in Habana was forced to suspend all nonessential activities. The energy crisis has come about as Cuba increasingly suffers from a lack of fuel, which has resulted in higher demand on its electric grid.
