Guardians of the Grid - Episode 1
This summer, the Elia teams in Leest once again demonstrated what it means to be ‘guardians of the grid’. Several months later, we look back on the storm that hit the Mechelen region this summer, causing nine high-voltage pylons to topple over.
Our 5-part series, ‘Guardians of the Grid’, highlights the qualities that characterise our teams so well: expertise, commitment with safety as a top priority, cooperation, empathy, and a sense of duty to the community. Plug into new episodes each week in which residents, authorities, experts, and colleagues who were directly affected by this event reflect on the management of this crisis.
Episode 1 takes you back to the first hours just after the storm. Bart Somers, the Mayor of Mechelen, testifies about the devastating power of the storm: “du jamais-vu”! This is a term that is still often used by the operational teams who arrived on the scene a few minutes after the storm.
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Guardians of the Grid - Episode 3
In part 3, we survey the damage. The full aftermath of the storm cannot be assessed in the first few days. -
Guardians of the Grid - Episode 4
Clearing power lines is a delicate job, as technician Karim Dernate tells us in episode 4.
