January 14, 2021
State-owned Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) is undertaking urgent works on restoring electricity in the Aksum and Adwa towns of Tigray Regional State.
January 11, 2021
Recently, Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) transmission contracts worth SAR464 million to South Korean Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai) and local PA Cost International.
January 11, 2021
As per news reports, Regional Electricity Transmission Company for Cote d’Ivoire–Liberia–Sierra Leone–Guinea (CLSG) (TRANSCO CLSG) is all set to energise the CLSG interconnection project in February 2021.
January 6, 2021
As per a news report, the Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has awarded five turnkey contracts, cumulatively valued at SAR1,285 million, to various local and Indian players.
January 4, 2021
Saudi Arabia real estate company Roshn has awarded Siemens with a contract for the construction of 380/132/13.8 kV and 132/13.8 kV substations and underground cable (UGC), under the company’s first phase of the landmark Riyadh community development programme.
December 30, 2020
Uganda’s state-owned Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) for seeking consultancy services for the preparation of an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) and resettlement policy framework (RPF) for the proposed 400(220) kV Masaka–Mutukula transmission line.
December 28, 2020
Recently the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded contracts worth SAR196.5 million for the expansion of 380 kV substations to local players — Alfanar Construction and Al Toukhi.
December 28, 2020
Bahrain’s Electricity & Water Authority (EWA) has awarded GE Grid Solutions a BHD11.9 million contract for the establishment of a new System Control Centre (SCC).
December 23, 2020
Recently, the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded a SAR57.5 million contract to local Al Haider for Trading and Contracting (Al Haider) for the construction of 380 kV double-circuit overhead transmission line (OHTL) between Buhairah and Tabouk/Tabarjal.
December 22, 2020
Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) has almost completed the construction of a 220 kV transmission line for the Dar es Salaam–Morogoro Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) segment.
December 21, 2020
United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), in collaboration with Wasl Properties, has commissioned a new 132/11 kV substation in Al Qusais Industrial Area, valued at AED97 million.
December 21, 2020
As per news reports, South African state-owned power utility, Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom), is on track for unbundling its transmission arm and establishing a separate entity by December 2021.
December 17, 2020
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of USD42.9 million for financing the second phase of the Power Transmission Network Reinforcement and Interconnection Project in Madagascar (PRIRTEM-II).
December 16, 2020
Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has awarded two contracts for the installation of reactors worth SAR90.3 million to Saudi-based companies—Al-Toukhi Company and National Contracting Company (NCC).
December 15, 2020
As per news reports, Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity (MoE) has recently announced that the grid connection project with Jordan and Egypt is underway.
December 15, 2020
Recently, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has signed a financing agreement with Tanzania for providing USD31.5 million in the form of a grant for the implementation of the Tanzania–Zambia Transmission Interconnector Project (TAZA).
December 9, 2020
Recently, Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has awarded two contracts cumulatively valued at USD66.7 million for the establishment of new control centres.
December 9, 2020
State-owned Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is currently working on establishing a grid interconnection with South Sudan to export electricity in the coming future. This is part of the programme to create a regional electricity-sharing platform, via which the East African Community will receive stable power supply.
December 3, 2020
State-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has signed a contract worth EGP431 million with Hitachi ABB Power Grids for the supply and installation a 200 MVAr static synchronous condenser (STATCOM) at the main Oweinat substation.
December 2, 2020
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded two transmission contracts worth SAR94.1 million to local players — Mohammed Al Ojaimi Establishment (Al Ojaimi) and National Contracting Company (NCC).