I-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution company, invites vocational training students in Leon to its facilities
- The aim of this initiative is to educate and raise awareness about the company's business among future professionals in the industry
A group of 15 second-year students from the Don Bosco Integrated Vocational Training Centre visited the Eras de Renueva transformer substation owned by i-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution company, located in the city of León.
Eras de Renueva, which is located in a compact building that minimises visual impact, both due to its design and the fact that the power line entrances and exits are underground, has a 40 megavoltampere (MVA) transformer whose function is to convert electrical energy from high voltage – 132 kilovolts (KV) – to medium voltage – 13.2 KV –. This transformer is capable of supplying power to 28 k customers in the northwest of the city.
During the visit, the students received a masterclass from the head of i-DE's León – Zamora partnership, Gregorio Grande, who explained how the different substation equipment, auxiliary services, control, protections and transformers work, as well as all the aspects related to maintenance and the environment.
At the Eras de Renuevas substation, Gregorio taught the students the criteria for identifying an electrical installation, its topology, the basic concepts of electricity, the effects of electrical current on the human body and practices to prevent occupational hazards.
The aim of the visit was to provide the students with a technical overview of a substation as well as to teach them about maintenance and safety operations and how work is organised to educate them and raise awareness about the company's business among future professionals in the industry. The students were also able to ask any questions they had about the Iberdrola-owned facility’s operations.
I-DE is immersed in digitalising the electricity distribution grid that will gather more information to establish criteria for energy efficiency and sustainability, in a way that is committed to ambitious and urgent climate action.
In Castilla and León, i-DE manages more than 50,000 km of power lines, has 15,697 transformer stations in service and 246 substations.
