It is said that the tractor knocked over a pylon belonging to Westnetz’s 110 kV high-voltage line in a crop field. Around 65,000 people in parts of the Euskirchen and Düren districts, as well as the Rhine-Erft and Rhine-Sieg districts, were without power for around four hours. The mobile phone network was also partially affected by the outage.
Once the power supply had been successfully restored, specialists from Cteam were called in to set up a provisional replacement power mast. A provisional overhead line, the CP pylon , was used, which achieves its stability with load weights without further anchoring to the ground. In addition to this, Cteam provided know-how for optimised deployment planning and logistical processing.
Following the delivery and assembly of the CP pylon on Friday and Saturday, the first circuit was switched on again on Sunday afternoon. The entire line has been back in operation since Monday afternoon and the supply has been restored.
The management and operations managers at Westnetz are very satisfied with Cteam's work and that of its partner company, Lineman, and have thanked them for their rapid and professional assistance.
About Cteam
Cteam is a leading service provider for electricity and mobile telephone networks in Germany and Europe. For over 20 years, we have been a reliable and expert partner for engineering, overhead lines construction, mobile telephone and mobile ground protection.
Cteam is based in Ummendorf, southern Germany, and has seven other locations throughout Germany, as well as subsidiaries in Austria, France and Luxembourg. More than 1600 people from 61 different nations work for the company group. Combined, the business units in the Cteam Group generated turnover of around 660 million euros in 2024.
Through its grid construction projects across Central Europe, Cteam is establishing a solid foundation for enhanced supply security in the electricity and mobile telephone sectors, thereby making their contribution to the successful transition to green energy and the digitalisation of many aspects of life.