ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, as a subsidiary of ENDE Corporación, is one of the links for the supply of electricity to the Bolivian population. The fulfillment of this mission has implied adopting an ethical, transparent and congruent business behavior with current legislation, human rights and sustainable development.
UCOM-MHE-ENDE-25-11-2022.- With the implementation of a synchronous static compensation team (Statcom), President Luis Arce Catacora, the Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energies, Franklin Molina Ortiz, and the Vice President of Ende Corporation, Mauricio Arevey, inaugurated on Thursday the second transmission line 230 kilowol (kV) trunks – Guarayos – Paraíso – Trinidad, which closes the energy ring in Beni and guarantees the continuity and quality of electricity supply to families of the capital Trinidad.
“We have a plan that is industrialize Beni, for this you need water and electricity, so today We inaugurate the transmission line to have a stable electricity service in Trinidad, which guarantee the industrialization process, “said the president during the official act, to the Refer that this second stage of the project required an investment of BS76.4 million.
“We are doing a rural electrification plan because everyone has the right to access the service of Stable electricity 365 days a year.The National Government meets, we are here to deliver works and contribute to the development and progress of the department of Beni, ”added Arce.
For its part, Minister Molina that the STATCOM system is a new technology, implemented by first time in the Bolivian high voltage system, and on this occasion, to favor the development of The Beniana capital.
“There were a long time in their homes for a long time and the electrical equipment product They burned, today thanks to this project the electrical system will be reinforced, “he said.
The transmission line extends the trunk system interconnected to the north of the department of Santa Cruz and the city of Trinidad, through the construction of substations and lines of 230 kV transmission and 115 kV.
The project, located to 11 km from the city of Beni, has two stages: the first stage Consiste on the construction of a flood transmission line 383 km of long 230 kV, What initis in the substation of the trunks, passes by the new substances of the intermediaries of Guarayo and paradise 230/115 kV and quarry to the substation of the existent in Trinidad.
This project will increase the capacity of electric transmission to meet the growing demand for That region of the country.In addition, it will help replace the thermoelectric generation of the isolated system in Ascension of Guarayos and reduce the thermoelectric generation of the Moxos Central in Trinidad.Both Generation centrals use diesel, which represents a very high cost in the economic and also environmental impact.
The statcom is a static reactive power compensation system, which controls the levels of voltage required by the system in stationary and dynamic state conditions.It’s a team important for the national electrical system, because it allows to improve stability, ensure the operation, avoid possible collapses in the transmission network and dispense with local generation based Diesel at the Moxos de Trinidad plant.
UNICOM ENDE, 11/28/2022.- Encou Corporation showed the strength of its transmission system and remained in evidence the robustness of the Bolivian electrical system, which had no problem to cover the Population energy demand, after a fire occurred on Saturday, November 26 in the vicinity of the El Dorado substation, which led to the opening of the transmission line the Gaps – El Dorado, which feeds the El Dorado wind farm located in the municipality of Cabezas, of the Department of Santa Cruz.
“Fortunately and thanks to the robustness of the transmission system this event did not cause greater disturbance and once the fire was controlled, the service of this Sunday, November 27, “said the General Manager of ENDE Transmisión, Filiberto Soto.
The authority explained that the fire occurred on Saturday afternoon, November 26 until the early Sunday, November 27, “ENDE Transmisión staff performed tasks to restore to the service that feeds the El Dorado wind farm. ”
Currently, work is continued to normalize the operation of the 15 wind turbines that They make up the El Dorado wind farm and contribute to the National Interconnected System 54 MW.
Debido a los daños ocasionados por la interrupción del servicio, ENDE acudirá a instancias legales para dilucidar las causas de este incendio, e identificar si existen responsables directos involucrados que deban resarcir los mismos.
ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, a subsidiary of Ende Corporation, with the purpose of facilitating control and supervision of the communications network and the controllers of the substations that make up the infrastructure From the electricity grid that operates the company, “has implemented a monitoring system and a tool visualization called Monscadadashb, which allows to visualize each component of the network of computers and communications equipment of electrical substations, under an application that It allows to show the ´instantic ‘performance of the Electricity, where the reports can be visualized from the computers of the system administrators, ”said the general manager of the company, Ing. Filiberto Soto Encinas.
The company’s network department has the mission of operating the infrastructure of the electricity grid that has a transmission and the corporation, for which it uses a SCADA infrastructure that is distributed in the national territory.This infrastructure contemplates a network of industrial computers located in the operating substations and in the control centers, which report the State and measures of the teams of each substation, the State of the electricity grid through alarm signals, states and analog measures of powers, tensions, distances, among others.
“These signs are transported by means of an Ende Transmission communications, from electrical substations to control centers virtually instantaneously, where They are processed by a latest generation SCADA system, and then be shown to operators and supervisors of the national electricity grid and thus achieve permanent control and supervision, both of The electricity grid as of the components that allow this control and supervision, ”said ing. Soto
In turn, the manager added, “the control centers have the ability to perform operations On the electricity network, using a SCADA system, a network of servers and a communications system, all this, always looking for the stability of the electricity grid, the Generation, transmission and efficient distribution of energy in the national context ”.
ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, a subsidiary of Ende Corporation, with the purpose of facilitating control and supervision of the communications network and the controllers of the substations that make up the infrastructure From the electricity grid that operates the company, “has implemented a monitoring system and a tool visualization called Monscadadashb, which allows to visualize each component of the network of computers and communications equipment of electrical substations, under an application that It allows to show the ´instantic ‘performance of the Electricity, where the reports can be visualized from the computers of the system administrators, ”said the general manager of the company, Ing. Filiberto Soto Encinas.
The company’s network department has the mission of operating the infrastructure of the electricity grid that has a transmission and the corporation, for which it uses a SCADA infrastructure that is distributed in the national territory.This infrastructure contemplates a network of industrial computers located in the operating substations and in the control centers, which report the State and measures of the teams of each substation, the State of the electricity grid through alarm signals, states and analog measures of powers, tensions, distances, among others.
“These signs are transported by means of an Ende Transmission communications, from electrical substations to control centers virtually instantaneously, where They are processed by a latest generation SCADA system, and then be shown to operators and supervisors of the national electricity grid and thus achieve permanent control and supervision, both of The electricity grid as of the components that allow this control and supervision, ”said ing. Soto
In turn, the manager added, “the control centers have the ability to perform operations On the electricity network, using a SCADA system, a network of servers and a communications system, all this, always looking for the stability of the electricity grid, the Generation, transmission and efficient distribution of energy in the national context ”.
ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, a subsidiary of Ende Corporation, with the purpose of facilitating control and supervision of the communications network and the controllers of the substations that make up the infrastructure From the electricity grid that operates the company, “has implemented a monitoring system and a tool visualization called Monscadadashb, which allows to visualize each component of the network of computers and communications equipment of electrical substations, under an application that It allows to show the ´instantic ‘performance of the Electricity, where the reports can be visualized from the computers of the system administrators, ”said the general manager of the company, Ing. Filiberto Soto Encinas.
The company’s network department has the mission of operating the infrastructure of the electricity grid that has a transmission and the corporation, for which it uses a SCADA infrastructure that is distributed in the national territory.This infrastructure contemplates a network of industrial computers located in the operating substations and in the control centers, which report the State and measures of the teams of each substation, the State of the electricity grid through alarm signals, states and analog measures of powers, tensions, distances, among others.
“These signs are transported by means of an Ende Transmission communications, from electrical substations to control centers virtually instantaneously, where They are processed by a latest generation SCADA system, and then be shown to operators and supervisors of the national electricity grid and thus achieve permanent control and supervision, both of The electricity grid as of the components that allow this control and supervision, ”said ing. Soto
In turn, the manager added, “the control centers have the ability to perform operations On the electricity network, using a SCADA system, a network of servers and a communications system, all this, always looking for the stability of the electricity grid, the Generation, transmission and efficient distribution of energy in the national context ”.
ENDE TRANSMISIÓN S.A., filial of Ende Corporation, as part of the transmission line project in 500 KV Carrasco – Santiváñez, “performed the energization of an underground line in 230 kV, which becomes The first installation of these characteristics in our country, which allows the crossing (below) of four existing lines, at the exit of the Santiváñez substation, ”said the general manager of ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, Ing. Filiberto Soto Encinas.
As part of the scope of this important project, there are the interconnection facilities of 230 kV to 500 kV, among which is the connection of the existing substations Santiváñez (Ende) and Santiváñez (ISA) with the New Santiváñez II 500/230 kV substation, through an electric line in 230 KV, composed of a 360 -meter air stretch and another underground stretch of 410 meters.
“With the energization of this underground line of 230 kV, held on November 4, 2022, concludes one more stage for the commissioning of the line at 500 kV Carrasco – Santiváñez ”, added manager.
ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, a subsidiary of Ende Corporation, concluded the assembly of high voltage towers that They are part of the “Transmission Line in 500 KV Carrasco – Santiváñez and Substations Associated ”, which is currently executing the company.”It’s the first transmission line electric in 500 kV of Bolivia, is a historical milestone in the construction of this type of lines of High voltage of great transport capacity and a work that will position the country at the sector level electric of the neighboring countries of the South American continent, ”said the General Manager of Ende Transmission, Ing. Filiberto Soto.
The project includes the construction of a transmission line of 235.65 km in length, from the Carrasco Substation, located in the municipality of Entre Ríos of the Carrasco Province (Tropical Zone from Cochabamba), to the Santiváñez substation, located in the Capinota province (Valle Alto de Cochabamba).
“The project is close to its conclusion and, to date, the assembly of 496 reticulated metal structures, 55 meters high height and 22 to 45 tons of weight. It should be noted that the line is built with its own engineering and labor Boliviana, becoming an important milestone for the national electricity sector, ”added the manager.
In order to maintain and guarantee the reliability and normal operation of the line of Transmission 230 KV Warnes – Urubó, ENDE TRANSMISIÓN Maintenance Personnel of Ende Corporation, “he successfully implemented the replacement of structure 71 of 88 meters of height, which was affected by extreme climatic conditions (heavy rains and winds hurricane of up to 74 km/h), which caused deformations in profiles and uprights of the structure and caused mechanical instability at risk of collapse of it, ”said Eng. Filiberto Soto Encinas, general manager of the company.
“Being a high -height structure of 88 meters at the crossroads of the Piraí River, they were scheduled 7 days of disconnection of the line to remove the deformed structure and implement a new structure instead, as well as the retirement, transfer and reinstalled of 3 phase conductors and 2 OPGW guard cables, however the works were executed in 5 days, in this way Optimized the availability index of the transmission network, ”added the manager.
Due to the great magnitude of the work, two emergency structures of 48 meters of height and a high capacity of 500 tons was used with an arm of 100 meters of scope, and the displacement of a significant amount of transmission lines personnel.
The General Manager of ENDE TRANSMISIÓN, a subsidiary of Ende Corporation, Ing. Filiberto Soto, clarified that “The company reached 99.44% of the physical execution of the project‘ Construction and Technical Adaptation to the without the Central Tarija ’system.To date, 160 meters of ditches and installation are missing of ducts for the laying of the underground line that was paralyzed due to the resistance of Neighbors of Spain Street in the city of Tarija ”.
The authority referred to the fact that, as established by the contract, the Departmental Autonomous Government of Tarija (GADT) has the responsibility of social management and obtaining the environmental file.Once “I know release and make the efforts with the residents of Spain Street (Tarija), immediately Ende Transmission will restart the work you estimate is concluded in 60 calendar days, ”added Soto.
The engineer Soto recalled that “on May 30, 2017, due to the resistance of neighbors that were opposed As of the underground line, arguing the lack of environmental record, the project was paralyzed. ”
Likewise, the manager said that, in order to guarantee the service to the capital of Tarija, “On March 15, 2022, ENDE TRANSMISIÓN restarted the activities with the execution of the tests of commissioning in which the companies participated: Electrical Services of Tarija (Setar) and the National Cargo Office Committee (CNDC).Thus, on April 24, 2022, the energization and the 115 kV tarija – Villa Abaroa line, the three substations: Tarija, Villa Abaroa and La Tablada (the latter through the medium voltage line), including the connection and transfer of all the feeders in medium voltage 24.9 and 6.6 kV to the new Project cells.Since May of the present, these facilities are being operated by Setar. ”
On the construction of the last 160 meters of the underground section of the 115 KV Villa Abaroa line – La Tablada, Ing. Soto explained that:
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.
