Cuba's Energy Crisis Spurs Culinary Innovation

Edited by: Dmitry Drozd

In Cuba, residents are adapting to an energy crisis. Frequent blackouts have led to the use of improvised cooking methods.

Rural areas, like Santiago de Cuba, are using "nonó" stoves made from sawdust. Briquettes made from charcoal waste are also gaining popularity.

China is supporting the construction of solar parks to diversify energy sources. The transition to renewable energy faces challenges as the population struggles with basic services.

Sources

  • CiberCuba

  • Cubans turn to cooking with charcoal as energy crisis worsens

  • Ni gas, ni electricidad: el inesperado producto que se empezará a usar para cocinar en Cuba

  • China is quietly supplanting Russia as Cuba's main benefactor

  • Un nuevo apagón deja a Cuba a oscuras en su peor crisis energética en décadas

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