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Transport and supplies: Fuel scarcity has impaired transport and the delivery and preservation of food, while outages make refrigeration, cooking, water pumping, and hospital operations more precarious. The available reporting supports these effects in general, but does not provide a reliable nationwide quantified measure for each sector.

Oil pressure: Major reporting attributes the sharp worsening in 2026 to the effective interruption of oil supplies after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs against countries supplying Cuba with oil. However, the sources reviewed here do not provide a sufficiently robust, independently verified shipment-by-shipment figure for the decline, so a precise volume should not be asserted.

Chinese energy assistance: China delivered a second batch of 5,000 photovoltaic systems, intended for isolated rural homes and essential services—including health facilities, emergency medical services, childcare centers, and banking sites—across Cuba’s 169 municipalities. Reports also describe Chinese support for solar-powered electric tricycles, intended to provide low-fuel local mobility; the specific quantity and deployment details were not adequately corroborated in the retrieved material.

Cuba’s policy response: Resolution 179/2026 set a fixed purchase rate of CUP 90 per kWh for qualifying grid-connected renewable generation, broadening the incentive beyond solar. Related measures exempt photovoltaic systems and other renewable-energy equipment from customs duties—extended through December 31, 2027—and add tax incentives for clean-energy equipment, investment, and certain renewable-energy sales.