Egypt-Sudan electricity interconnection to become corridor for energy transmission to Africa, Europe

CAIRO – 23 February 2022: The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, headed by Eng. Sabah Mashali, began developing and raising the capacity of the first phase of the electrical interconnection line between Egypt and Sudan from 80 MW to 300 MW, at a cost of L.E. 453 million.

The developing works are conducted through the use of the latest devices and modern technologies that enable the service to reach Sudan with the highest quality.

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 between Egypt and Sudan from 80 megawatts to 300 megawatts.

Hamza explained that work is underway to supply and install (2) ineffective compensating units (STATECOM) with a capacity of 2 x +- 150 megavars.

He further said that the value of the total contract is about 453 million Egyptian pounds, to be funded by the strategic projects of the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy.

It is expected that the line will be operating at its full capacity in October 2022 with a capacity of 300 megawatts, 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 megawatts,” Hamza added, as he revealed that the total capacities on the national electricity network are currently 56,000 megawatts, and the nominal capacity of these capacities is 46,000 megawatts available on the network daily.

Hamza also said that Egypt is close to reaching the global network reserve rate, which is estimated at 25 percent of the generated energy, pointing out that Egypt has a daily network reserve of 15,000 megawatts, which allows it to expand electrical interconnection projects with all countries of the world.