The Egyptian government announced Feb. 19 that Egypt will be ready to deliver electricity via the Toshka substation to Sudan by the end of March, with a maximum of 40 megawatts. The announcement came after a meeting between Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker and Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi, to follow up on electricity interconnection procedures with Sudan.

In a TV interview with DMC on Jan. 27, Shaker said that Egypt will become a hub for the transfer and exchange of energy between the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe. He noted that there is a connection with Jordan with capabilities of up to 450 megawatts and with Libya with capabilities of up to 200 megawatts.

Shaker noted that Egypt is striving to expand the export of electricity with great capacity, but that it takes time. He said, “A major feasibility study for the electricity connection with Cyprus, then Greece and Europe is now being set for the exchange of nearly 3,000 megawatts, and the sale of surplus capacity to the surrounding countries.”

Sabah Meshaly, chairwoman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), told Al-Monitor that in collaboration with the German company Siemens, building and connecting the extension of Toshka substation in the far south of the country has been completed, as part of electricity interconnection projects with Sudan, for the implementation of the 220-kilovolt twin-circuit interconnecting Toshka-2/Wadi Halfa line.