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"The path towards grid automation has become a primary objective", Jose María Torres

The director of Ormazabal’s Smart Grids division inaugurated the Eurodoble 2023 event, which served as a meeting place for best practices in grid asset management On 25, 26 and 27 […]

We connect with young talent in the second edition of the Ormazabal Host Event

The event, held at the Itsasmuseum-Maritime Museum in Bilbao, brought together more than thirty university students to get a close look at Ormazabal’s reality The second edition of the Ormazabal […]

Our CEO, Jorge González, met again this Thursday with the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson.

The meeting, organised by ENTSO-E, took place in Brussels and brought together, once again this year, the main CEOs of the companies that make up T&D Europe. The main European […]

We join the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations Alliance (E4S)

The E4S is a technical working group of electical distribution system operators and technology partners to accelerate the development of the energy transition. The growing need to address challenges such […]

We present the Digital Transformer Station, the integral solution to the needs of the new power grid

The Digital Transformer Station brings together all Ormazabal’s SF6 free and digital native products in a plug & play technological solution. At Ormazabal we continue driving the transformation of the […]

Lançamos nossas soluções tecnológicas revolucionárias para um futuro sem SF6.

Após anos de experimentação e posterior validação com os principais atores do mercado elétrico, apresentamos nossas inovações livres de gás fluorado para redes de distribuição pública de 24 kV. Na […]

Ormazabal will supply more than a hundred SF6-free units to Enel Grids to promote an efficient and sustainable grid

The electrification of the economy demands an electrical grid able to support the integration of an increasing number of players, while minimising its carbon footprint. Enel Grids, the world’s largest […]

As a reliable partner for grid extension, Ormazabal supplies MV-technology for Crailsheim Substation

The “Stadtwerke Crailsheim” (regional public utility Crailsheim) is expanding its grid – and thus positioning itself for the future. This will enable them to meet the new requirements resulting from […]

Ormazabal will help Enedis towards a more sustainable grid

The energy transition we are undertaking in Europe is challenging the electricity network, the backbone of the electrical system. Enedis, the Distribution System Operator of Europe’s largest electricity grid, is […]

Colaboramos junto a nueve compañías vascas en un ambicioso proyecto para desarrollar soluciones que protejan la red eléctrica de ciberataques

31 de marzo de 2023 La ciberseguridad de la red eléctrica es uno de los principales retos que aborda el sector energético. Liderado por Ingeteam y con la participación de […]

We promote female talent with the sponsorship of the "Mentoring of Excellence" programme, within the "Women and Engineering" project.

Concha Mora de Amarillas, an offers engineer at Ormazabal, participates as a mentor in the programme, which seeks to develop female talent in the STEM field. At Ormazabal we have […]

Talent management, talents management

The theme of talent is omnipresent. It is used in war mode, the war for talent, in raw material mode, the shortage of talent, in niche mode, digital talent… When […]

Ormazabal designs and supplies transformer substation as complete solution for a gas power plant

The “heating plant” in Freital, Saxony, supplies electricity to 6,000 German households. Where previously 12 boilers provided the thermal energy for an adjacent housing estate, now two ultra-modern combined heat and […]

Futbol Club Barcelona entrusts Ormazabal with the medium voltage grid connection of its Nou Espai Barça

Thanks to our innovative and technological commitment, at Ormazabal we are participating in the complete project for the medium voltage connection network of the Nou Espai Barça, the transformation plan for […]

Ormazabal is present in one of the southern hemisphere’s largest hybrid renewable power stations

Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park (PAREP) is Iberdrola’s first renewable energy park in Australia, a pioneering project, which when complete will be one of the southern hemisphere’s largest hybrid renewable power […]

55 years with our sights set on the future

Today we celebrate 55 years since our origins: a small secondary distribution switchgear factory in the town of Lemoa in Bizkaia (Spain). From the beginning, we have always been known […]

"The industry offers many opportunities that allow you to take part and play a leading role in this change in society", Maider Bilbao

Yesterday was a special day for industrial companies in Bizkaia, with the celebration of “Industry Day”; an event in which Velatia participated as a sponsor and which allowed Maider Bilbao, our colleague from […]

Ormazabal takes part in the Wind Europe Annual Event 2022, presenting its solutions for the wind energy sector

The event, held in Bilbao, has allowed us to show our specific industrial and technological capabilities for this sector to more than 8,000 energy professionals. On 5, 6 and 7 […]

Ormazabal connecting "Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca"

Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca is a pioneering project embedded within the green hydrogen generation projects promoted by the European Union through the NextGeneration funds. The project consists of an electrolyser connected to two photovoltaic […]

Industrial innovation as a guarantee of sustainability

When we talk about sustainability, we are referring to a concept that encompasses everything that surrounds us as a society. From the point of view of a company or a […]

Ormazabal is present in the largest public charging station in southern Europe

Elche is the city in Alicante (Spain) where Iberdrola has inaugurated the largest ultrafast charging station in southern Europe. Ormazabal has participated in this project by providing our technological know-how […]

Ormazabal implements grid connection for IONITY technology test centre

As joint venture of the leading car manufacturers, IONITY has opened a modern test centre on a 5,000 square metre site in Unterschleißheim, not far from the company’s headquarters in […]

A safer A86 motorway for the municipality of Antony in France

Along with the Boulevard Périphérique, the Francilienne ring road, and the Great Paris Bypass, the A86 motorway is one of the four-ring roads around Paris. Also known as the Paris […]

Ormazabal connects more than 24 GW in the year that consolidates as the year of the solar sector's largest contribution to the global energy mix

2021 beats the previous year’s record of 145 GW (according to data from the International Energy Agency, IEA) and consolidates as the year with the highest contribution of the solar […]

Ormazabal reduces its indirect CO2 emissions by 27%, contributing to the decarbonisation of its industrial activity

At Ormazabal we continue working with a sustainable strategy focused on reducing our footprint and reinforcing our role as a crucial agent in the decarbonisation of the economy We continue […]

More than 18 GW connected to the grid thanks to our wind power solutions in 2021

2021 has been a year of high impact on the supply chain and raw material prices have risen. However, 94 GW of new capacity was installed worldwide, making 2021 a […]

The Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque, pays a visit to Ormazabal’s premises

The visit took place after a meeting with the employer organisation Confebask and allowed the Minister to get to know Ormazabal’s Research and Technology Centre, which has a Demonstration and […]

Connecting the wind sector and the digital world

Wind power generation is a very dynamic and changing system. Wind is an energy source that is difficult to predict and constantly changing in both speed and direction. Add to […]

Digitalisation and decarbonisation of the electricity grid, the key to change for the future of the planet

We are at a time of profound social, economic, environmental and, therefore, energy-related changes. An unstoppable wave of transformation, which focuses on the need to reform our society in order […]

InvestEU: Ormazabal signs a €40 million loan with EIB to boost its research and development (R&D) activities in Spain

These EIB-financed R&D activities will promote the digitalisation of electricity grids and an improved integration of renewable energy in the electric system.   Ormazabal will also develop new equipment for supporting […]

At Ormazabal we are moving forward with our digitalisation by launching a new, simpler and more user-friendly website

Ormazabal’s new corporate identity continues taking firm steps forward by launching a new website updated to our new reality. With the aim of making our website a simpler and closer […]

Ormazabal receives Iberdrola's Best Supplier of the Year Award

The Best Supplier of the Year Award, granted by Iberdrola has gone to Ormazabal, for its extensive experience working together. As reported by Iberdrola, the special 2022 Award went to the Basque […]

Ormazabal doing its bit for the last active salt mine in France

In Meurthe-et-Moselle, just a few minutes from Nancy, we have had the pleasure of working for the Compagnie des Salins du Midi et des Salines de l’Est, one of Europe’s […]

Rollout of Remote Control Local Substations at Westfalen Weser continues

As part of its network development strategy, Westfalen Weser, a German distribution grid operator, is striving to turn its distribution network into a smart grid. To increase the level of […]

We contribute to the French energy mix development

In the fight against global warming, renewable energies are gradually becoming an important part of our energy mix. According to the energy transition law, 10% of the gas distributed in […]

Ormazabal is present in the DemoSATH Pilot Project, the first floating offshore wind platform in Spain

The wind force is much stronger, more stable and constant in the ocean than on land. There are no obstacles in the sea, and its relief compared to the land […]

Digitalisation of the electric grid as a guarantee of a sustainable future

Digitalisation, electricity and sustainability are unrelated terms in themselves which, with the contribution of technology, knowledge and experience, form a symbiosis that is necessary to overcome the challenges we face. […]

Ormazabal accompanies you to high altitudes in the Alps

In partnership with the STVI (Société des Téléphériques de Val d’Isère), we have participated in the construction of a new artificial snow pumping station for the Val d’Isère ski resort […]

More capacity for Australian solar park with Ormazabal technology

At the end of 2021, the Limondale solar park near the small community of Balranald in south-eastern Australia went into operation as one of the country’s largest photovoltaic power plants. […]

Lançamos nossa nova identidade corporativa

Adaptando-nos às mudanças em nossa sociedade, temos uma nova imagem que é mais moderna e mais próxima dos nossos objetivos. Na Ormazabal continuamos evoluindo para nos adaptarmos à realidade do […]