The Ministry for the ecological transition received In January A proposal in which the red electric was raised Review the protection criteria of the Spanish electrical system To adapt them to the new needs and technologies available, after a change in the “mix” of generation for the “massive voice” of renewable sources.
Its content was worked by the Ministry to incorporate it into the revision of the regulations on electrical networks, according to sources of the Department itself, which this Monday led the third meeting of the committee that investigates the Blackout which only a week ago influenced Spain Peninsular and Portugal Spain.
Electric ask to be in the committee
The meeting, which has not yet transcended the details, took place at the organic transition office after the previous one, held last Saturday, passed to the structures of the system operator, Electric Red.
Beatriz Codor, president of Redeia -Group in which Red Eléctric is integrated. A circumstance that this morning led to Association of Electric Power Companies (Aelec) to ask for participation as an interested party.
In a declaration, the association that integrates Iberdrola, Endesa and EDP insisted that,, To ensure impartiality and considering that the red electricity was in the aforementioned committee, they should also be there Both Aelec and the companies it represents.
However, the third vice -president and minister for the ecological transition, Sara Aagesen, He clarified that neither Red Eléctric nor other operators are included in this committeewhose competence is to collect information, also with “situ” actions.
The sources of the Ministry are addressed to the weekend meeting in Red Eléctric and emphasize that it cannot be excluded that this same practice is conducted in the future with other actors.
Update protection systems
During the day, the Electricity proposal to update the general criteria for the protection of the Spanish electrical systemIn view of technological change, with the digitization of networks and the growth of renewable energies.
According to the proposal, the current protocols are collected in two documents. The relative to the peninsular system – the one affected by the 1996 blackout, While those of the island and extra -salary systems were published in 2011.
For Red Electric, one of the causes that strengthened the review of the criteria was the change in the “mix” of the generation “Due to the enormous entry of renewable energy sources that have moved traditional thermal plants.”
“As long as a sufficient synchronous generation level is maintained, no significant changes are expected”He explains and warns that, in the future, in areas with high generation penetration based on power electronics (such as photovoltaic and wind), situations could occur in which some protections have not behaved as expected.
