Sources on the ground in Havana confirm that rolling blackouts have plunged the capital into chaos. Residents of high-rise buildings, trapped in concrete towers without power for elevators, pumps or lights, are now facing a humanitarian crisis. I have seen the reports: families stranded on upper floors, no water, no refrigeration, and temperatures soaring.
The Cuban government, bankrupt and isolated, cannot fix its crumbling Soviet-era grid. Enter a British solar firm, Sunward Energy, which has quietly offered emergency grid aid. Documents obtained by this newsroom show a proposal sent directly to the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines: a fleet of portable solar generators and battery storage units to be deployed within weeks.
The cost? £12 million. Sources inside Sunward tell me the deal is being fast-tracked, but they refuse to disclose the terms.
Why? Because someone is making a fortune off this crisis. Follow the money.
The blackouts are no accident. They are the result of decades of mismanagement and US sanctions that have starved Cuba of fuel and spare parts. But now, with the lights off, the vultures circle.
Sunward’s CEO, a man named Richard Thorne, has a history of disaster capitalism. He profited from the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2017 Puerto Rico hurricane, and now Cuba’s blackouts. I have seen his emails.
He calls this “strategic entry into a neglected market.” Neglected? Tell that to the old woman who died falling down a dark stairwell.
The Cuban government has not responded to requests for comment. But a source in the energy ministry leaked me a memo: they have no choice. Desperation is a hell of a salesman.
The British government, meanwhile, is silent. The Foreign Office said only that they are “monitoring the situation.” Monitoring?
While British firms carve up Cuba’s grid? This is not aid. This is a fire sale.
And the price is paid in human lives.
