The Cuban government approved two new resolutions to promote the use of renewable energies and try to alleviate the tax burden on both private and state entities that invest in this sector, amid the serious energy crisis affecting the island, state media reported this Saturday.
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Resolution 180/2026, published yesterday in the Official Gazette and effective this Saturday, exempts individuals and legal entities from paying customs duties on the import of photovoltaic solar systems, their parts, and fundamental pieces.
According to the resolution, individuals and legal entities that import “solar heaters; photovoltaic pumps; small wind turbines; geomembrane biodigesters; biogas motor pumps; solar lighting and solar air conditioning systems” will also be exempt from this payment.
Nuevos incentivos y beneficios fiscales para actores relacionados con el desarrollo de fuentes renovables de energía, recogen las resoluciones 179 y 180 publicadas este viernes en la Gaceta Oficial 66, dijo en La Habana, Yenisley Ortiz Mantecón, VM Finanzas y precios. pic.twitter.com/1LyCTDonu5
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The measure will also cover those who bring to the island chargers for electric vehicles that operate using renewable energy sources, “equipment for processing biomass for energy production and the fundamental parts and pieces of this equipment.”
In addition, the resolution includes, among other modifications, a bonus on the payment of profit taxes and personal income taxes for legal and natural persons who – “as part of their social responsibility” – make investments with renewable energy sources in public service centers.
Cuban Deputy Minister of Finance and Prices, Yenisley Ortiz, explained – to state television – that these are “investments in polyclinics, maternity homes, clinics, family care centers, multi-family buildings, homes of electricity-dependent people, and also in water pumping in municipalities.”
For its part, Resolution 179/2026 modifies a previous one (114 of May 2026) and extends the scope for the purchase and sale of energy produced with vegetable biomass and wind power that is delivered to the National Electroenergy System (SEN). The previous regulation prioritized photovoltaic solar energy.
Cuba has been going through a deep energy crisis since mid-2024, marked by both endogenous and exogenous factors. On the one hand, the country’s limited electricity production capacity; and on the other, US pressure since last January that prevents the island from importing crude oil or derivatives.
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