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La Palma Canary Islands Microgrid

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoveragePartial public record
Named organizations2
System facts4
Sources reviewed3
Last researched2026-07-19

The record corresponds to Endesa's STORE demonstration at the Los Guinchos power station, where a high-power ultracapacitor injects energy rapidly to stabilize La Palma's island grid.

Research status
Operational storage installation in the cited project period
Historical classification
Island
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
28.71338, -17.90578
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Project delivery

Who was involved in La Palma Canary Islands Microgrid?

2 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Endesa

STORE project lead, owner, and operator [2][3]

Organization

Enel Group

Parent company reporting the STORE project [3]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

Ultracapacitor power
4 MW [3]
Ultracapacitor energy
20 MW·s (approximately 5.6 kWh) [3]
Connection point
Los Guinchos power station on La Palma's island system [2]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Grid-stabilizing storage

Not publicly identified in the reviewed primary sources

A 4 MW / 20 MW·s ultracapacitor provides fast energy injection following a generator disturbance. [2][3]

Provenance

3 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  2. [2]
  3. [3]
    The energy transition of islands

    Enel Group · Primary source

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