i-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution arm, is introducing vocational training students in Burgos to its Villímar substation

The aim of this initiative is to promote and raise awareness of the company's activities amongst future professionals in the sector
The Villímar substation supplies more than 82,000 customers in both urban and rural areas of Burgos and meets the needs of the most important industries in the Gamonal industrial estate

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Students wearing safety vests next to an electrical transformer at a substation.

A group of students from the Simón de Colonia Integrated Vocational Training Centre during their visit to the Villímar substation.

A group of students from the Simón de Colonia Integrated Vocational Training Centre visited the Villímar substation operated by i-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution arm, located in the neighbourhood of the same name in the city of Burgos.

The Villímar substation, which forms part of the transmission and distribution network, has two transformers rated at 100 and 93 megavolt-amperes (MVA), which step down the extra-high voltage — 220 kilovolts (kV) — to high voltage (45 kV). With a total of eleven high-voltage lines it supplies electricity to a large part of the province of Burgos and ensures a reliable supply to various areas in the north-east of the provincial capital.

During the visit the students attended a technical session led by José Antonio Lara, head of i-DE's Burgos Technical Services Unit (UTS), in which he explained how the various pieces of equipment at the substation work — auxiliary services, control systems, protection devices and transformers — as well as the main aspects relating to maintenance and the environment.

Lara also showed the students the criteria to follow in order to identify an electrical installation, its characteristics, the basic concepts of electricity, the effects of electric current on the human body and practices for the prevention of occupational risks.

The Villímar substation supplies more than 82,000 customers in both urban and rural areas of Burgos and meets the needs of the most important industries in the Gamonal industrial estate.

The aim of the visit was to provide the students with a technical insight into a substation as well as to familiarise them with maintenance and safety operations and the organisation of work with a view to promoting and raising awareness of the company's activities amongst future professionals in the sector. The students were also able to ask questions about the operation of the facility, which is owned by Iberdrola España.

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