i-DE, the distributor of the Iberdrola group, Over 19,500 self-consumption installations connected to the electricity grid in the province of Alicante (44,000 in the Community of Valencia) provides the system with fully integrated green energy into low and medium voltage grids. The company recently organized an online training session for professionals in the industry with the participation of more than 350 people in cooperation with the C. Valenciana Technical and Superior Engineer professional associations and the installer associations Aselec. SEME, Apeme, Femeval and Aiecs.
Silvia Cerdá, General Manager of Industry, Energy and Mines, Generalitat Valenciana attended the opening. stressed the importance of installers “to know adequately what steps they need to take to complete the machining process as best as possible and in the shortest possible time”. so facilities stay connected to the network. We have facilitated this course from DG so that installers are aware of the steps they need to take, who are aware of the huge demand we now have for this type of installation and the doubts that exist in the industry”.
Ana Lafuente, Eastern Region manager of i-DE, wanted to highlight the important role played by the electricity distribution grid as a facilitator of the energy transition and the volume of managed self-consumption demands. Valencian Community, here at the beginning of 2023 “More than 10,000 new installations connected (4,000 in Alicante)emphasizing the current trend in 2022 with more than 23,000 (in provinces) self-consumption connections during the year”. Moreover, The network also assumed a steady increase of around 30% in charging points normally for electric vehicles. In recent years.
Lafuente highlighted that being a connectivity facilitator is “the starting point, and at i-DE we have been working for years to provide the power grid with tools and equipment to manage new usage patterns, the flexible and smart grid. And we must continue to promote it, because real backbone for decarbonization and to continue to improve the quality of supply, to draw attention to and engage citizens and be more efficient”.
Clean energy for a healthy planet
By committing to ambitious and urgent climate action, i-DE has immersed itself in the digitization of the electricity distribution grid, allowing more insights into the implementation of additional energy efficiency and sustainability measures. The commissioning of the smart electricity grid makes it possible to respond to new usage patterns of the grid and to provide better service to the citizens.
In the province of Alicante, i-DE manages about 30,000 kilometers of low and medium voltage lines and more than 1,000 kilometers of high and very high voltage lines. There are also 10,500 conversion centers and 51 primary and secondary substations in service. In recent years, the company has undertaken an ambitious plan to digitize power grids, which it transforms more than 1.4 million meters and the infrastructure that supports it into smart networks by combining remote management, control and automation capabilities.