UNICOM/ENDE TRANSMISIÓN: ENDE TRANSMISIÓN OPERATES AND MAINTAINS HIGH VOLTAGE LINE FOR PROVISION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO COMPANIES OF THE SALAR DE UYUNI ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, a subsidiary of Ende Corporation, operates and maintains the Lithium – Salar transmission line In 115 kV, which joins the lithium substation with the encapsulated substation (AIS – GIS) Salar, which […]
UNICOM/ENDE TRANSMISIÓN: ENDE TRANSMISIÓN OPERATES AND MAINTAINS HIGH VOLTAGE LINE FOR PROVISION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO COMPANIES OF THE SALAR DE UYUNI
ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, a subsidiary of Ende Corporation, operates and maintains the Lithium – Salar transmission line In 115 kV, which joins the lithium substation with the encapsulated substation (AIS – GIS) Salar, which supplies electrical energy to the YLB company, for potassium chloride treatment plants and others related to the exploitation of lithium.
The General Manager of ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, Ing. Filiberto Soto Encinas, indicated that “it is a very particular and unique, since the Lithium -Salar – Salar’s electric transmission line is located Located in the Salar area of Uyuni, in the Quijarro province of the Department of Potosí, at a height of 3,660 meters above sea level ”.
The length of the entire line is 81.38 km and, due to the physical-chemical and geological characteristics of the sector, was divided into two sections: a 61,69 km air type and another underground type section of 19.69 km, which crosses salt.”The line is built in an environment with extreme conditions of corrosion, when a part of it is, inside the salt, so the work of our Company is very different and specialized for this type of installation, ”added the manager.
