Director General of the Sudanese Electricity Transmission Company (SETCO) Hassan al-Sheikh said that the total cost of the electricity interconnection project between Egypt and Sudan will be over $20 million on the Sudanese side. The newspaper Daily News Egypt reported in November that Egypt and Sudan have agreed to set up a 300 MW electric interconnection project in two phases. The first phase begins from the Toshka 2 transformer substation to the 220 kV transformer substation in Arqen, Sudan. The electricity interconnection project with Sudan is part of Egypt’s plan to transform into a regional energy hub and to exchange electricity with Arab, African and European countries after achieving a surplus of 15,000 MW. The Egyptian government is seeking to complete the electricity linkage project with Sudan as soon as possible, as Egypt is keen to support African countries and the Nile Basin to meet their electricity needs.

Source: Egypt Independent December 25, 2018 09:56 UTC