Endesa has already digitalised 52 transformation centres on the Isla de la Cartuja for the #eCitySevilla project as a result of the incorporation of control and measurement elements, which has enabled 85% of the deployment objective to be reached for the elements that will constitute a smart grid planned for 2022.
The LARS system (Fault Location and Supply Replacement) is used for the development of this technology in the digitalisation networks. An automatic system that in the event of a breakdown works as a virtual operator, undertaking from the Control Centre itself, just as human operators would do, the manoeuvres in the network required to isolate the incidents in the network and replenish the supply in less than three minutes. This system is also responsible for managing the remote controls in the transformation centres, which are those that enable the remote control of the networks.
Endesa is also working to integrate historical data on factors including incidents, error rates, maps of street works, weather forecasts, etc. so that the LARS system can determine more precisely at what point on the line the incident occurred. Using big data and artificial intelligence techniques to process all that information – for example, where lightning has struck, where works are being undertaken on the street that could affect cables – makes the chances of determining the origin of the incident significantly faster.
This progress is one of the milestones of the Energy working group, led by Endesa, whose essential objective is to achieve a decarbonised island, with a 100% renewable energy supply and distributed generation. Since the launch of the project, this group has focussed on managing the renewable generation projects that will be installed on the island, the constitution of an energy community consisting of the main buildings in the Park and the deployment of the elements that will be part of the smart grid on which this new city model will be based.
About eCitySevilla
The eCitySevilla project is a public-private collaboration initiative led by the Regional Government of Andalusia (through the Ministries of Economic Transformation and Finance and the Andalusian Energy Agency), the Seville City Council, the Cartuja Science and Technology Park (PCT Cartuja) and Endesa. It proposes the development in the Seville science and technology park of a city model in an open, digital, decarbonised and sustainable ecosystem by 2025, bringing forward the energy and climate objectives established for 2050 by twenty-five years.
Five working groups are developing the strategies to be followed in each of the pillars of the project (energy, sustainable mobility, building, digitalisation and communication/participation).
Once these lines of work have been completed, in 2025, the PCT Cartuja will have a 100% renewable energy supply, efficient buildings, charging stations deployed for the promotion of sustainable electric mobility, and all this will work with a connected and autonomous system, connected to a fully digitalised smart grid, which will also enable an open data platform to be used for the intelligent management of the park.