"If today only 3.8 percent of the energy generated in the nation is obtained from renewable sources, in the next eight years we aspire to get to 16.5 percent," Cubadebate said, citing official energy industry figures.
The island will try to attain this objective using mainly forest biomass and sugar cane, as well as solar, wind and hydraulic energy.
The sugar industry will be "the main support" for the plan and by 2013 the potential exists to increase energy production from biomass by 10 percent, Cubadebate said.
Over the next year, authorities are forecasting building a wind energy park to generate 50 megawatts in eastern Cuba, while the government is studying the idea of installing eight new such parks throughout the country by 2020 with a total potential power output of 280 MW.
