Millionaire investment to install a new high voltage line between Barcelona and l’Hospitalet

The intense morning rain has not been an impediment for a group of Endesa operators to continue carrying out work today on the discreet Sant Fructuós street, in the Sants-Montjuïc district, to launch a cable for a new 110 high-voltage electrical line. kilowatts from Poble Sec to l’Hospitalet de Llobregat. In total, there will be 4.1 kilometers of underground line length and it will serve some 240,000 subscribers in this part of Barcelona, ​​l’Hospitalet and Cornellà.

This action will involve an investment of five million for the company and it is expected that the new infrastructure will come into operation before the end of the year. The reason is to reinforce the service, which will mean a “significant improvement in the quality, continuity and reliability” of the supply, highlighted Julian Mateos, the company’s network manager for the high voltage area in Barcelona. .

Union of three substations

This intervention will allow the replacement of a line that has been operational for almost 30 years. Mateos explained that it is “working perfectly, in part we will take advantage of the route, but we will still be calmer putting this new line into service”, in a scenario in which the city is increasingly trending towards electrification.

The new line will link the substation called Sants – which is located in the municipality of l’Hospitalet – with Hostafrancs – in Montjuïc – and with Mata – in Poble Sec. In addition, another 910,000 euros will be allocated to reinforce and technologically improve these three substations. These works are part of the city plan, agreed between Barcelona City Council and Endesa.

The work began in the summer of 2022, although it is carried out discontinuously in order to reduce its impact on day-to-day life in the city and in collaboration with the City Council. “There are traffic cuts, lanes where buses pass…logically we have thought about how and when it will minimally affect the normal functioning of the city, looking for the best route option,” Mateos concluded.