{"id":24966,"date":"2026-02-12T04:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/02\/12\/in-cuba-charcoal-and-solar-panels-to-face-the-energy-crisis-france-24-english\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:48:02","slug":"in-cuba-charcoal-and-solar-panels-to-face-the-energy-crisis-france-24-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/02\/12\/in-cuba-charcoal-and-solar-panels-to-face-the-energy-crisis-france-24-english\/","title":{"rendered":"In Cuba, charcoal and solar panels to face the energy crisis \u2022 FRANCE 24 English"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWbM6yz0aGE?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Cuba\u2019s deepening energy crisis is forcing people to find alternatives to unreliable electricity supplies. Many are turning to charcoal for cooking, despite its high cost relative to average wages, while those who can afford it are investing in solar panels, a fast-growing market. Care homes and households alike are adapting to constant power cuts.<br \/>#Cuba #PowerCutsCuba #CharcoalCuba<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe to France 24 now: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/YTen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/YTen<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udd34 LIVE &#8211; Watch FRANCE 24 English 24\/7 here: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/YTliveEN\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/YTliveEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d Read the latest International News and Top Stories: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/FBen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/FBen<\/a><br \/>Follow us on X: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/Xen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/Xen<\/a><br \/>Bluesky: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/BSen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/BSen<\/a> and Threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/THen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/THen<\/a><br \/>Browse the news in pictures on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/IGen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/IGen<\/a><br \/>Discover our TikTok videos: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/TKen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/TKen<\/a><br \/>Get the latest top stories on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/f24.my\/TGen\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/f24.my\/TGen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba\u2019s deepening energy crisis is forcing people to find alternatives to unreliable electricity supplies. Many are turning to charcoal for cooking, despite its high cost relative to average wages, while those who can afford it are investing in solar panels, a fast-growing market. Care homes and households alike are adapting to constant power cuts.#Cuba #PowerCutsCuba [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":24967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80036,80037,80038,80039,80040,80041,80042,80034,80035,80043,80044,80045,80046,80047,80048,29,80049,80050],"tags":[80019,80020,80021,80022,80023,80024,80025,80017,80018,80026,80027,80028,80029,80030,80031,2,80032,80033],"class_list":["post-24966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-energy-cuba","category-blackouts","category-care-homes-for-older-people","category-charcoal","category-charcoal-cuba","category-charcoal-for-cooking","category-coping-with-power-cuts","category-cuba","category-cuba-energy-crisis","category-daily-life-in-cuba","category-elderly-in-cuba","category-flight-cancellations-cuba","category-fuel-shortage","category-isolation","category-power-cuts-in-cuba","category-solar-energy","category-solar-panels-in-cuba","category-transport-issues","tag-alternative-energy-cuba","tag-blackouts","tag-care-homes-for-older-people","tag-charcoal","tag-charcoal-cuba","tag-charcoal-for-cooking","tag-coping-with-power-cuts","tag-cuba","tag-cuba-energy-crisis","tag-daily-life-in-cuba","tag-elderly-in-cuba","tag-flight-cancellations-cuba","tag-fuel-shortage","tag-isolation","tag-power-cuts-in-cuba","tag-solar-energy","tag-solar-panels-in-cuba","tag-transport-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}