Construction of the HVDC France-Spain Interconnection

Javier Arévalo Camacho is a forest and civil engineer who studied at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He worked at INTECSA for five years on environmental impact studies on highways and other infrastructure. Arévalo has 26 years of experience working in the environmental department of Red Eléctrica de España on environmental and technical feasibility studies on overhead power line projects in 10 different countries. He was responsible for the design and construction of the Spain-France Interconnection tunnel.

Gregorio Denche Castejón was awarded his industrial engineer’s degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2002 and joined Red Eléctrica de España in 2003 in the engineering lines department. Denche has been the technical manager for several underground and submarine projects that have included the second electrical interconnection between Spain and Morocco; the electrical interconnection between the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands; and the electrical interconnection between France and Spain.

José Manuel Argüelles Enjuanes was awarded his industrial electrical engineering degree from the Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering in 2006. Initially, he worked for Socoin Ingeniería y Construcción Industrial in the new developments transport and distribution department. Argüelles then joined Red Eléctrica de España in 2009 to work on the electrical interconnection between France and Spain, for which he was involved in the cable system design and construction of the link.