Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Going Underground
Electricity company in Tenerife, Unelco-Endesa, yesterday began work on dismantling an eight kilometre stretch of the high-tension supply line, which includes 59 pylons, between Santa Úrsula and La Orotava.
These works will complete the burial of this line, which was started in 2000, between Icod de los Vinos and La Orotava - 26.5 kilometers of the main 66 kilowatt supply line for the north of the island.
The event was considered important enough that yesterdays works were started at 10 a.m. in the presence of La Orotava's mayor, Isaac Valencia and the Provincial Director of Unelco-Endesa, José Manuel de la Cruz.
Regular readers will know that the hanging cable spaghetti we have everywhere on this island is one of my pet hates, so I am pleased to read that - finally - someone agrees. The report goes on to say that this will be a great environmental improvement. I have no doubts that it will also make the supply more reliable and less liable to suffer outages, caused by storms, winds and rain.
Can we have more cabling put underground please?
Unelco comienza hoy el desmonte de 59 torres eléctricas
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