The 2023-2024 Ecuador electricity crisis was caused by a severe drought that depleted water levels at hydroelectric plants and a lack of capacity buildup. Ecuador experienced rolling blackouts for up to 14 hours per day in the fall crisis (started on 23 September 2024 ) of 2024. Researches describe fall 2023 (27. .
No new electric capacity had been added to the since station started operation in 2016, while the demand by 2024 had increased by 24%, or about 400 (MW). The were. .
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On 24 September 2024, three power stations known as Paute Integral (, , and Sopladora) ceased operations since the water levels were approaching critical marks. Power cuts up to 12 hours a day were implemented. .
Due to extensive use of diesel generators burning high-sulphur fuel, the air quality in significantly deteriorated. At the peak of the spring 2024 crisis (with 8 hour blackouts per day), • quantities almost doubled;
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