October 17, 2023, by Nadja SkopljakItalian cabling giant Prysmian has completed the manufacturing of cables for the submarine power interconnection between Egypt and Saudi Arabia – the first-ever large-scale link between the Middle East and North Africa. Prysmian secured the contract worth about €221 million with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) in 2021 for the project that will enable the exchange of up to 3,000 MW of electricity. The scope includes the design, supply, installation and commissioning of around 127.5 kilometers of HVDC ±500kV MI submarine single-core cables, 43.5 kilometers of 66kV XLPE submarine single-core cables and double-wire armoring, and 61 kilometers of MINISUB submarine fiber optic cables for telecommunications and distributed temperature sensing (DTS) monitoring. To execute the project, Prysmian established local branches in the Egyptian capital Cairo and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, with two new local teams coordinated by the project management team. This wider interconnection will transport electricity between the Badr substation in Cairo and the Madinah East substation in Saudi Arabia.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 17, 2023 09:57 UTC