Alstom Grid reinforces its mobile substation center of excellence located in Madrid

Alstom Grid has reinforced the centre of excellence for mobile substations located in San Fernando de Henares (Madrid), Spain. The Spanish facilities will become a worldwide reference in the design, development and manufacturing of mobile substations. America, the Middle East and Africa are the major export markets for the equipment produced in Madrid

Substations form an essential part of the generation, transmission and distribution process of power to the end customer. Occasionally, the equipment housed in an electric substation is affected by catastrophes, maintenance operations or improvement works. In these cases, and to guarantee supply, Alstom Grid provides its customers with a range of mobile substations.

Mobile substations are designed to distribute electricity on a temporary basis to areas that have lost their power supply and enable winning time to conduct any necessary repairs, maintenance or equipment changes. They are also used, on occasion, to temporarily increase a specific substations capacity. Given that they can be installed anywhere in a matter of hours, they have become an essential tool to guarantee supply in the current electrical system.

With over 30 units in operation, Alstom Grid´s customers in Spain include the main utility companies (Iberdrola, Endesa, Union Fenosa and Eon), as well as the public grid company (Red Eléctrica de España REE). 

The centre of excellence located in San Fernando de Henares (Madrid) is also an export hub. Mobile substations are currently exported worldwide (Angola, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Venezuela, Sweden, etc.). The Spanish unit has proved its specific "know-how" of this solution which is guaranteed by quality certifications ISO 9001-2000, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000.

About Alstom

Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 92,000 people in around 100 countries. It had sales of 20 billion and booked close to 22 billion in orders in 2011/12.

Alstom Grid has 130 years of expertise in electrical grids. Whether for utilities or electro-intensive industries or facilitating the trading of energy, Alstom Grid brings power to its customers projects. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover of more than 4 billion. It has 20,000 employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide. At the heart of the development of Smart Grid, Alstom Grid offers products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full energy value chainfrom power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end user. Learn more at www.alstom.com/grid

Press contacts 

Nathalie Bourotte (Alstom Grid) Tel +33 1 49 01 62 17 nathalie.bourotte@alstom.com      

Irma Aguado (Alstom Spain) Tel +34 91 334 5800 irma.aguado@alstom.com

Website: www.alstom.com; www.alstom.com/grid