Egypt-Sudan electricity interconnection to become corridor for energy transmission
Egypt, Cairo: The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company began developing and raising the capacity of the first phase of the electrical interconnection line between Egypt and Sudan.
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Egypt, Cairo: The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company began developing and raising the capacity of the first phase of the electrical interconnection line between Egypt and Sudan.
The capacity will be increased from 80 MW to 300 MW, at a cost of $28.2 M (L.E. 453 M).
Spokesperson for the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Ayman Hamza, confirmed that the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company is currently installing electrical missions to raise the capacity of the electrical interconnection line. It is expected that the line will be operating at its full capacity in October 2022, he added.
Hamza said that the electrical interconnection line between Egypt and Sudan “is the starting point for the electrical linkage between Egypt and Africa”, pointing out that this line will in the future be a corridor for the transmission of electricity from Africa to Europe, after operating the electrical interconnection line between Egypt, Greece and Cyprus.
“Egypt is able to establish electrical interconnection lines with African, European and Gulf countries up to 15,000 MW,” Hamza added, as he revealed that the total capacities on the national electricity network are currently 56,000 MW, and the nominal capacity of these capacities is 46,000 MW available on the network daily.
Hamza also said that Egypt is close to reaching the global network reserve rate, which is estimated at 25 % of the generated energy, pointing out that Egypt has a daily network reserve of 15,000 MW, which allows it to expand electrical interconnection projects with countries all over the world.
Source: Egypt today
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