Electric Power System of the Balearic Islands Electric Power System of the Balearic Islands Description of the electric power supply of the Balearic Islands. On Menorca just a single power plant exist at Mahon ( Maó ) at . It has a net generation capacity of 245 MW. From it 2 132 kV-lines run to Dragonera substation. Beside the connection between Mahon ( Maó) power station and Dragonera substation, there is a 132 kV-line interconnecting the following substations. A 132 kV-line links Ciutadella substation on Menorca with Es Bessons substation on Mallorca. It runs from Ciutadella substation overhead to Celan Bosch cable terminal at where the submarine
Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands (1558) of Ciutadella's 3,099 inhabitants who survived the siege were sold into slavery in the Ottoman Empire, along with people from surrounding villages. In total, 3,452 locals were sold at the slave markets of Constantinople. The Balearic islands were ravaged, and 4,000 people were taken as prisoners. An obelisk was set up in the 19th century by Josep Quadrado in the Plaza d'es Born in memory of the offensive, with the following inscription: Every year on 9 July a commemoration takes place in Ciutadella, remembering "l’Any de sa Desgràcia", or "the Year of the Disaster". As a later consequence of the