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Marine Survey Completed - Egypt and Saudi Arabia Linking Power Grids

Friday, 07 January 2011 01:01

Egypt and Saudi Arabia have already finished conducting a marine survey in the Gulf of Aqaba to map a route for a project linking their power grids, Egypt's Electricity Minister Hassan Younis said Wednesday 5/1/2011.

An initial report on the results of the survey, which started in December, will be released by mid-January, he said.

He noted that the length of the entire power linkage line will be 1,300 kilometers.

An international tender for the implementation of the project will be announced in February, he said.

Typographic maps have so far been outlined, Younis said, adding that the ship that conducted the survey was fully equipped to carry out the job in accordance with international standards.

The project is expected to cost about 1.5 billion dollars and aims to exchange 3,000 megawatt through direct electrical lines.

Egypt will provide Saudi Arabia with electricity through the connection in the afternoons and Saudi Arabia will send electricity to Egypt in the evenings, taking advantage of the difference in the countries' rush hours. (SIS)

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