Cuba’s Power Blackout Crisis

Cuba is facing its most severe energy crisis in decades—and the consequences extend far beyond electricity shortages. Cuba’s Power Blackout Crisis is a Strategic Intelligence Report that examines how the collapse of critical power infrastructure has triggered economic paralysis, social unrest, and geopolitical vulnerability across the island.

The report analyses the failure of ageing thermoelectric plants, chronic fuel shortages, and the structural dependence on oil imports from politically constrained partners. It explains how these weaknesses have resulted in nationwide blackouts affecting millions, crippling essential services, disrupting tourism and industry, and igniting public protests unseen in recent years.

Beyond infrastructure, the report connects the energy collapse to deeper strategic implications: declining state legitimacy, accelerated emigration, erosion of investor confidence, and the strain placed on Cuba’s alliances with countries such as Venezuela, Russia, and China. It also evaluates why limited renewable deployments and external assistance have so far failed to stabilise the grid.

Scenario-based analysis outlines potential trajectories—from managed stabilisation to prolonged crisis—and highlights strategic options available to Havana, including decentralised energy systems, diversification of supply, and South–South cooperation pathways.

Designed for policymakers, energy analysts, investors, diplomats, and geopolitical risk professionals, this product transforms blackouts into strategic foresight.

Energy failures often precede political shifts. Following Global Eye Intelligence ensures you identify these inflection points early—before energy crises evolve into irreversible geopolitical outcomes.