Siemens Brings Renewables-Based Power to Mallorca
Siemens has delivered high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) technology that allowed Red Eléctrica de España to link Mallorca with the Spanish mainland via an electricity highway laid in the Mediterranean.
Under contract to the Spanish grid operator, Siemens installed two converter stations for the conversion of alternating into direct current, one in the vicinity of the island's capital city, Palma de Mallorca, and a second on the Spanish mainland near Valencia.
A 244-km (152-mile) power line was laid through the Mediterranean between the two stations. Through the HVDC link, 400 MW can be transmitted to Mallorca, which is equivalent to a good 25% of the island's installed power plant capacity.
In the future, it will be possible to meet both the power demand of one-quarter of the 860,000 inhabitants and 10 million tourists annually from the mainland. The Spanish mainland power mix includes an outstandingly large portion of renewables-based generation amounting to 35%, whereas Mallorca's installed power plant fleet is almost exclusively operated with gas, coal or oil.
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