Endesa network monitors millions of power supplies
Endesa’s private telecoms network monitors twelve-point-eight million electricity supply points across Spain, carrying the data used to locate faults and restore service through remote switching. In Madrid, Spain, on 2 September, the company said the system links thousands of installations and is coordinated from its Operations Management Centre in Sevilla, Spain. It runs around the clock, handling millions of data transmissions for more than three hundred and twenty thousand kilometres of power lines and around four hundred generating plants.
Endesa says the little-seen network covers nearly three hundred and eighty thousand energy assets. It is separate from the distribution grid, but is critical to operating the electricity system remotely.
Finding faults faster
More than ten thousand communications nodes keep the system connected, including over eight thousand data-exchange nodes and more than two thousand wireless radio links. Nearly three hundred and twenty-five thousand sensors provide information in real time.
The infrastructure directly supports twenty-five control centres and more than forty-three thousand remote units on high- and medium-voltage networks. Its automatic fault-protection system can detect and isolate breakdowns in fractions of a second, while data on electricity use helps manage supply and demand.
Network behind Endesa staff and customer contact
The same system also carries communications for Endesa’s nine thousand employees across one hundred and forty-three group sites. During the past year, it supported more than twenty-four million calls and over six million SMS messages in dealings with end customers.
Endesa combines private mobile networks, satellite links for remote sites and high-capacity connections between control centres. Alongside public operators’ networks, it uses around three hundred and twenty-five thousand IoT services, more than twenty-one thousand mobile connections, one thousand two hundred fixed satellite links and five hundred mobile satellite units for emergencies or isolated areas.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com