Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a $1.8 billion contract in Cairo on Tuesday to build a transmission station and connect each other's power grids.
Egypt and the Saudi Arabia signed $1.8 billion worth of contracts in Cairo on Tuesday to build transmission plants and connect each other's power grids.
The project will have a transmission capacity of 3000MW during peak periods and will be formed by three international and regional companies The joint venture contracted the construction, according to the Egyptian cabinet.
The project will have a peak transmission capacity of 3,000 megawatts and will be implemented by three consortiums made up of international and regional companies, according to an Egyptian cabinet statement.
Saudi Energy Minister Abdullah bin Salman The prince and the Egyptian Minister of Electricity and New Energy Mohammed Shaq signed this joint venture agreement led by the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company and the Saudi Electricity Company.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker signed the agreement for the venture led by the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company and the Saudi Electricity Company.
Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker signed the agreement for the venture led by the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company and the Saudi Electricity Company.
The signing ceremony said: “Achieving such success is the culmination of the cooperation between the leaders of the two fraternal countries”,The chairmen of both companies also participated in the ceremony.
“Reaching this important stage is the culmination of the directives of the leaderships of the two brotherly countries,” Prince Abdulaziz said at the accord ceremony, which was also attended by the chairmen of both the companies.
A power transmission station will be built in , Saudi and Egypt.
Under the agreement, two transmission plants will be set up in Saudi Arabia and one in Egypt.
Saudi Arabia’s East Medina and Tabuk stations will be connected to the Badr station in eastern Cairo, which includes 1,350 kilometers of overhead cables and The 22-kilometer submarine cable passes through the Aqaba Bay between the two countries.
The East Medina and Tubok plants in Saudi Arabia will be connected to the Badr plant, east of Cairo, by 1,350 kilometres of aerial cables and a 22-kilometre undersea network that will join both countries through the Gulf of Aqaba.
High voltage DC HVDC system will be adopted between the two countries,The voltage is 500KV, which improves the efficiency and stability of the power grids of both parties, and does not pave the way for more cooperation projects between the two countries in the future.
The high-voltage, direct current, or HVDC, system, with a voltage capacity of 500 kilovolts, aims to improve the efficiency and stability of both power grids, and clear a path for future ventures between the two countries.
【 China Energy Construction Co., Ltd. ( China Energy Construction), China Xidian Group Co., Ltd. ( China Xidian) and the Egyptian Giza Cable Industry Corporation formed a consortium, and successfully signed a contract with Egypt on the 5th- Saudi Arabia ±500 kV UHV DC transmission line EPC project.
Prince Abdullah Aziz said that the agreement will promote their cooperation in the field of new energy.
The agreement will also boost their co-operation in renewable energy, Prince Abdulaziz said.
The Orascom Engineering Company, which builds the connection station between the two countries, said it will help reduce individual carbon footprints.
It will also reduce individual carbon footprints, according to Orascom Construction, which will build the link stations between the two countries.
earlier this year,Egypt announced similar power sharing plans with Greece and Cyprus.
Earlier this year, Egypt announced plans for similar power-sharing projects with Greece and Cyprus.
Under the current government, Egypt has become an important regional player in the energy sector from responding to periodic power outages.
Under the current government, Egypt has gone from dealing with periodic power cuts to becoming a major regional player in the energy sector.
Similarly, similar projects with Sudan were also launched earlier this year, the peak period of the first phase It can generate 80MW of electricity.
A similar joint project with Sudan was launched earlier this year, the first of phase of which generates 80 megawatts at peak times.
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