The public information phase is a fundamental step in defining a project that enjoys the greatest social and technical consensus.
The second link is a strategic project that will reinforce the quality of the electricity supply and contribute to reducing CO2 emissions by 905,000 tonnes/year.
The first session of the working group will be held on 7 October to propose a socially, technically and environmentally viable overland route.
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The second Peninsula-Illes Balears electricity link goes a step further and is now subject to the public information process
The second link between the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands has begun the public exhibition phase, a fundamental step in defining a project with the greatest possible social and technical consensus. This process will allow the incorporation of the modifications on the overland route that are agreed upon in the working group made up of local institutions, neighbours and Red Eléctrica, which was agreed upon on 29 July.
Diego Viu, Director General of Circular Economy, Energy Transition and Climate Change said: ‘This project is of vital importance for the electricity system of the Balearic Islands, since all the islands are interconnected with each other. The new infrastructure will represent a significant reinforcement in the quality of supply, in line with the Government’s ecological transition objectives and moves towards less dependence on fossil fuels’.
The Government of the Balearic Islands, in collaboration with the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, has actively participated in the creation of the working group, whose first session will be held on 7 October to consolidate a consensual alternative proposal. A forum in which the Alcúdia Town Council, the Consell de Mallorca, neighbourhood platforms and Red Eléctrica also participate, and whose objective is to develop a proposal for a land route that is socially, technically and environmentally viable.
The project initially proposed by Red Eléctrica, the result of an exhaustive study of various alternatives, includes the location of the landing point of the link in the area of Sa Ferradura, between the bays of Alcúdia and Pollença, with minimal impact on the protected habitat of Posidonia oceanica. In addition, it has been proposed to locate the converter station in the Na Lloreta industrial estate, an anthropised area close to the Sant Martí substation.
This second link is a strategic project of the Government of the Balearic Islands, which will strengthen the quality of the archipelago’s electricity supply, guarantee the renewable future, advance the energy transition and contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions by 905,000 tonnes per year.
The second electricity link between the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands
The future project for the second electricity link between the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands consists of a 220 MW direct current submarine-underground link. Approximately 400 km long, 390 km of which are underwater and the rest underground, it will link the Fadrell converter station in Castelló with the new Sant Martí converter station in Mallorca, in an already industrialised environment, which ensures the integration of the new infrastructure without causing any disruption.