Cuba Has A Renewable Energy “For Sale” Sign. Thus Far, China Companies Own Marketplace. Tesla Energy, First Solar, GE Vernova Looking Through Windows

Outdated Infrastructure, Poor Insulation, 50+ Years-Old Combustion Technologies

Since 2020, there has been a continuing reduction and then in 2026 accelerating reduction in energy production and energy usage combined with expanding and increasing energy use inefficiency in the Republic of Cuba, the 800-mile-long archipelago with approximately 9.5 million residents located ninety-three miles south of Key West, Florida,

Since 2024, the government of the Republic of Cuba sourced annually approximately 40% of its usage through domestic fuels, gas, oil, and renewables and imported approximately 60% primarily sourced from Mexico, Russian Federation, and Venezuela. However, that 40%/60% mix did not represent an economic model at maximized output nor and economic model at maximized efficiency. It represented an economic model of stagnation.

During the first eight months of 2026, the reduction in economic activity (commercial, industrial, manufacturing, assembly, tourism, etc.,) and increased energy use inefficiency results in a dramatic reduction in energy availability and usage in the Republic of Cuba.

With almost no imports of fuel, gas, or oil, domestic energy production increases its percentage of total energy usage to approximately 100%. Thus, the 40% that was energy sourced domestically has increased as a percentage to provide approximately 100% of current energy usage.

For the economy of the Republic of Cuba to shift from contraction and stagnation, there must be new and renewed sources of oil, fuels, gas, and renewables along with increased usage efficiencies.

There are United States-based sources for renewable energy inputs (solar, storage, and wind turbines). Thus far, the government of the Republic of Cuba and re-emerging private sector in the Republic of Cuba imports almost all from the People’s Republic of China.

While the Republic of Cuba has an abundance of sun which provides the source for solar energy parks, the Republic of Cuba lacks solar energy storage capacity to preserve what is accumulated during the day to be of use during the night.

Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar, Inc. (2025 revenue approximately US$5.2 billion) with majority of shares held by BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard.

Austin, Texas-based Telsa Energy, Inc. (2025 revenue approximately US$12.7 billion).

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based GE Vernova (2025 revenue approximately US$38 billion).

Beginning in December 2017, then Boston, Massachusetts-based General Electric (2017 revenue approximately US$118 billion), which has since divided into three publicly-held companies, including Cambridge, Massachusetts-based energy-focused GE Vernova (2025 revenue approximately US$38 billion) delivered from the United States to the Republic of Cuba “parts for steam turbines” valued at more than US$21 million. Some of the parts traveled from Atlanta, Georgia, to Port Everglades, Florida, then to Port Mariel in the Republic of Cuba. GE is the largest (by revenue) United States-based industrial company to have engaged with the Republic of Cuba. Although GE has not issued a media release relating to the project in the Republic of Cuba, in 2017 the government of the Republic of Cuba confirmed in a PowerPoint presentation used by the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Washington DC that the company was providing parts and equipment for a power plant. The total value of the project has not been reported. The Obama-Biden Administration (2009-2017) first authorized the transactions by GE as primarily advancing benefit to the citizens of the Republic of Cuba rather than to the government of the Republic of Cuba. This type of transaction was and remains licensable (general or specific) through the OFAC and BIS. In November 2015, GE purchased for approximately US$10.6 billion the power and grid division of Paris, France-based Alstom (2018 revenues approximately US$8 billion). In 2016, GE commenced a power generation project in the Republic of Cuba resulting, in part, from a relationship between Alstom and the Republic of Cuba prior to the 2015 acquisition by GE of the power and grid division of Alstom, which had exported products to the Republic of Cuba. On 31 March 1971, GE certified a claim against the Republic of Cuba in the amount of US$5,870,436.86 through the United States Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (USFCSC) within the United States Department of Justice. Interest accrued at 6% per annum from the respective date(s) of loss to the date of settlement.

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Energy-Related Product Exports From United States To Republic Of Cuba

January 2026 through June 2026

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