Electricity blackout in Spain: how hospitals, airports and data centres continued to operate thanks to Inpro Group equipment
On 28 April, a massive blackout left a large part of the Iberian Peninsula without electricity, affecting millions of people and key infrastructure in Spain and Portugal. However, many hospitals, airports and data centres continued to operate normally. How was this possible?
The answer lies in backup power and systems that allow it to be activated without interruption or failure. And that is where the work we do at Inpro comes in.
BACK-UP POWER IN HOSPITALS
Critical energy in hospitals
In centres such as the Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid, energy continuity is non-negotiable: every second without electricity can make a difference. Our equipment enabled the automatic pumping of diesel from the underground tanks to the generator sets, thus activating the emergency power system.
But we don’t just pump: we filter the fuel to remove impurities and ensure safe and efficient operation of the generators.
BACKUP POWER AT AIRPORTS
Airports that don’t stop
Air traffic cannot be stopped by a blackout. Terminals such as Barajas T4 or Valencia Airport continued fully operational thanks to their back-up systems, where our equipment is also present, ensuring that diesel flows clean, constant and with optimum pressure.
BACKUP POWER IN DATA CENTRES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data centres and telecommunications.
In a hyper-connected world, losing signal can come at a high cost. During the blackout, some areas and many people continued to have internet on their mobiles and calls, because the data centres of the major operators remained active, with no visible interruptions for users. This is achieved thanks to back-up solutions such as ours, which allow generators to kick in without fuel supply failures.
At Inpro we help backup power work when it is needed most
At Inpro, we do a quiet but vital job: making backup power work when it is needed most.
We don’t make the news, but we are behind every light that stays on in an emergency.
Because if there is a blackout… we light up the future.
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