Cuba reconnected its national electrical grid and restored power to the majority of the capital Havana by late on Sunday, energy officials said, nearly two days after an island-wide outage knocked out power to 10 million people.

STORY: Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed late on Friday, leading to widespread blackouts across the Caribbean island nation –including the capital, Havana.Energy ministry officials said an electrical substation in Havana failed around 8:15 p.

Cuban government is pushing to develop solar farms with help from China in bid to reduce dependence on outdated oil-fired generation.