#Egypt

Egypt, Sadat City: Elsewedy Electric has secured a $22.4 M engineering, procurement, and construction contract to build a substation in Sadat City.

Egypt, Cairo: Frederic Abbal has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Elsewedy Electric Group, reporting to the CEO Ahmed Elsewedy.

A 500 MVA power transformer is currently being established in New Mansoura city at a total cost of $27.6 M (EGP440 M)

Kharafi National, a leading infrastructure project developer, has completed the construction of a 500kV substation, located in East Suhag region of Upper Egypt.

The government of the Arab Republic of Egypt is set to begin the construction of 2 transformer substations of 220 / 66 / 22 kV at Madinaty.

Munich-headquartered conglomerate Siemens energy company has been picked to provide the electrification package for Cairo Metro Line 3 expansion project.

Hideleco aims to complete the 220 kV overhead transmission line between El-Owainat and Gabal Al-Kamel in New Valley governorate before the end of the year.

Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan’s ministers for foreign affairs and water resources met with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank.

EBRD is investing $60 M to become a shareholder in an Egyptian private energy company, Infinity Energy, through the issuance of new shares.

Elsewedy Electric has been awarded two engineering, procurement, and construction contracts worth $19.8 M by Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company.

EETC is preparing three tenders to establish 220 kV and 66 kV transformer stations in New Valley to supply future agriculture projects in the governorate.

Siemens announced that it has signed an agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company to supply the country’s first digital power transformer.

El Sewedy Electric Company announced that its subsidiary signed a contract worth $26 M to set up a transformer station and a transmission line for Al-Canal Sugar Company.

Siemens revealed the building and connection of the Toshka substation in Egypt, was completed in 3 months, making Egypt-Sudan Electric Interconnection project

Egypt postpones electricity interconnection with South Sudan due to a delay in the implementation.

China, Shanghai: 14 power transformers have been successfully moved from Shanghai, China to the project site of Helwan Power Station in Egypt.

Egypt: Egypt’s largest original equipment manufacturer of medium-voltage equipment, EGEMAC, requested ABB to supply several thousand medium-voltage air insulated indoor switch-disconnectors type NAL/NALF to improve network performance and reduce energy waste.

Egypt is working on power connection projects with Cyprus and Greece, which will see the country’s electricity network interconnect with the power grid in Europe.

Egypt, Cairo: The government of Egypt has secured a loan from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to part-finance the procurement of materials and associated services for several packages for the 650 MW Cairo West Supercritical Power Station.

Egypt, Cairo: The Egyptian parliament has approved Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s cooperation agreement, which will see the connection of the two country’s national electrical grids.

Egypt: Twelve 175 MVA power transformers are expected to arrive in Aswan, Egypt to be installed in Benban where four transformer plants are being set up to transfer energy produced at solar plants in Aswan.

Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity has finalised negotiations for three power projects valued at $7 billion and is ready to finalize the contracts for all three projects.

Egypt, Asyut: 26 national and international companies have presented their offers for Assiut Al-Walideya thermal power plant’s four tenders which include transformers, electrical works, civil works, and reservoirs.

Egypt, Cairo: Egypt will add 14,400 MW to its national electricity grid by May 2018, after completion of three combined-cycle natural gas projects to be implemented in Borolos, the New Administrative Capital, and Beni Suef, which will be modelled on the Fortuna power plant in the German city of Dusseldorf.