The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) has started the procedures to contract on projects to expand and develop electricity transmission across the country. This followed the obtainment of the first portion of the loan, which was signed for with Banque Misr and the National Bank of Egypt (NBE). The plan also includes the addition of high-voltage transformer substations at a cost of EGP 394m, and the construction of four 66/220 kV stations at a cost of EGP 780m and three 66/220 kV mobile stations at a cost of EGP 87m. According to the plan, 26 175 MVA transformers will be added at a cost of EGP 414m, next to 26 125 MVA transformers at a cost of EGP 128m and 100 40 MVA transformers at a cost of EGP 400m. The sources said that the distribution networks will be developed and expanded in two stages at a cost of EGP 19.4bn.

Source: Daily News Egypt August 20, 2017 16:18 UTC