Eiffage Energía Sistemas has played a key role in the rapid restoration of the Spanish electricity system following yesterday’s blackout. Our company acted in close coordination with all the actors in the sector: from the transmission system operator, Red Eléctrica Española (REE); the main distributors (i-DE, UFD and e-distribution); to renewable energy generators (photovoltaic and wind) and large consumers.
In record time
Thanks to its technical capacity, operational speed and firm commitment to security of supply, Eiffage Energía Sistemas made a decisive contribution to restoring electricity service in record time.
From its headquarters in Albacete, the company coordinated its teams specialising in substations, both for transmission, in direct collaboration with REE, and for distribution and renewable generation. Special attention was paid to wind and solar infrastructure, whose safe reintegration was key to stabilising the grid.
Safe and progressive energisation
Eiffage’s Control Centre and Service Managers led the operational coordination of all technical staff, to ensure a safe and progressive energisation of the photovoltaic plants throughout the country, as well as the substations associated with wind power generation, with special attention to the critical nodes of renewable generation.
At the same time, we worked in close coordination with the control centres of the country’s main distributors. Through our teams specialising in the maintenance and operation of distribution networks, Eiffage Energía Sistemas progressively energised the distribution network, efficiently resolving the incidents and anomalies detected during the process.
Key work
This work was key to completing the full recovery of the electricity system, minimising risks and significantly shortening restoration times.
Throughout the entire process, and despite the inevitable difficulties and failures of the telecommunications networks, constant communication was maintained with the control centres of REE and the other operators, which allowed all actions to be synchronised and contributed decisively to the stability of the electricity system at one of the most critical moments in recent years.
