We Accompany the Port Authority of Valencia in the Electrification of Its Facilities

Following the decarbonization commitments of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), we delivered an engineering project consisting of two digital transformation centers to connect their new self-consumption photovoltaic installation.

We assist the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) in its decarbonization plan to become a zero-emission port in the near future. One of the projects undertaken is the installation of a solar photovoltaic generation plant on the roof of the vehicle silo on the dock of its eastern breakwater.

In this project, Ormazabal participated by providing the technology to elevate the voltage generated in Low Voltage, in the solar panels, to the Medium Voltage necessary to be injected and connected to the current electrical grid of the port.

We contributed all our experience, both in engineering services and manufacturing, in supplying two prefabricated surface transformation centers, models pfu.5 and pfu.7, fully assembled at the factory with cgmcosmos cells up to 24 kV, ekor.rpa control, protection, and communication electronic equipment, and BT/MT step-up transformers type transforma.dis, three of which are 1250 kV and one 1600 kVA, characterized by including biodegradable dielectric liquid type organic. Additionally, the supply was completed with an empty pfu.5 enclosure to house BT equipment provided by the client.

A Tailor-Made Solution for an Installation Challenge

Beyond meeting the technical requirements and satisfying our client’s needs, we faced the great challenge of installing the two transformation centers of the project under the roof of the Europe terminal building, intended for vehicle parking. This was an entirely atypical context due to access limitations and lack of height for the use of standard cranes for their placement, so we had to employ all our capabilities to meet these demands.

The solution required designing a metal structure to support the weight of each prefabricated enclosure, which necessitated collaboration between the technicians from our Uniblok transformation center factory and a local external supplier. Conditioned to withstand the weight of each enclosure, the structure also had to have the capacity to lift and lower the entire assembly. Once this point was resolved, it was necessary to use hydraulic skates, provided by our local partner, Grúas Rigar, to move the transformation center-metal structure assembly from the exterior of the building where they had been unloaded to the interior of the ground floor. Finally, the developed solution also included the use of hydraulic jacks to achieve the necessary precision in their final placement.

With this project, Ormazabal has managed, on the one hand, to align with the Port of Valencia in its decarbonization goal, and on the other, to respond to unusual technical limitations, which have been possible to overcome thanks to an expert and multidisciplinary team of professionals from various specialties.