Cuba Blackout 2024 Calendar. The causes of the historic blackout on october 17, 2024 — which marks the longest total power outage ever recorded in cuba — are neither new nor due to a storm like hurricane. A person drives a classic american car past a floating generator that has not been producing electricity for days in havana, cuba, friday, oct.

Cuba produces around 40,000 barrels of oil per day, but needs about 120,000 to cover its energy needs. Cuban government declares an energy emergency after the failure of one of its few power plants plunges it into an island wide blackout.