Ministerio de Energía y Minas de Cuba/Ministry of Energy and Mines

The Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Republic of Cuba, known by the acronym MINEM, is the Ministry of Energy of Cuba. Its main functions are to manage energy, mining and geology. Activities attended by the MINEM: 1. Generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electrical energy. 2. Exploration and production of oil, gas and other fuel minerals; production of lubricants and marketing of lubricants, fuels and derivatives, alcohol as fuel and liquefied and manufactured gas. 3. Management of geological knowledge and information, including the investigation, exploitation and processing of solid mineral resources, mineral-medicinal waters and medicinal muds, as well as the commercialization of these, salt and its derivatives. 4. Preservation, exploitation and rational use of mineral and energy resources that favor sustainable and sustainable development. 5. Development and use of renewable energy sources, which make it possible to contribute to energy security and environmental protection.