Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity announced that it will sign contracts for the electricity interconnection network with Saudi Arabia by the end of next June, with the project set to start in 2021. Egypt announced back in December 2017 a project worth $1.6 billion that will connect its power network to Saudi Arabia’s, joining a system in the Middle East that allows neighbors to share electricity. The Minister of Electricity Mohammed Shaker told Al-Masry Al-Youm that there are other power connection projects with Cyprus and Greece, and the electricity link point in Egypt was set to be in West Damietta. Egypt already has a power link with Jordan at capacity 450 megawatts and one with Libya at 200 megawatts. Also, Gaber al-Desouki, head of the Egyptian Holding Company for Electricity shed light on another electricity interconnection project with Sudan.

Source: Egypt Independent May 23, 2018 10:52 UTC