Middle East & Africa News

Latest news and developments from Middle East and Africa regions

• Ethiopian EEP to restore transmission lines in Tigray Regional State

  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.

• Hyundai, PA Cost bag EPC contracts worth SAR464 million from Saudi’s SEC

  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.

• TRANSCO CLSG to energise 225 kV inter-regional link by February 2021

  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.

• Saudi’s SEC awards transmission contracts worth SAR1.3 billion

  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.

• Siemens bags substation projects in Saudi Arabia

  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.

• Ugandan UETCL seeks EoIs for 400 kV line under World Bank-funded GERP

  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.

• Alfanar, Al Toukhi bag SAR196 million contracts for expansion of 380 kV substations

  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.

• GE bags BHD12 million contract for building SCC in Bahrain

  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).

• Saudi’s SEC awards SAR58 million OHTL contract to Al Haider

  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.

• Tanzanian TANESCO to soon complete 220 kV Dar es Salaam–Morogoro SGR line

  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.

• UAE’s DEWA commissions 132 kV Al Qusais substation

  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.

• South African Eskom to create separate transmission entity by 2021 [free access]

  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.

• Madagascar receives USD43 million loan from AfDB for PRIRTEM-II

  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).

• SEC awards SAR90.3 million worth reactor installation contracts to Al Toukhi, NCC

  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).

• Iraq–Jordan–Egypt grid connection project underway

  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.

• Tanzania secures grant from AFD for 400 kV grid link with Zambia [free access]

  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).

• Egyptian EETC awards USD66.7 million contracts for building New Energy Centres

  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.

• Uganda works on establishing grid connection with South Sudan

  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.

• Egyptian EETC awards STATCOM installation contract to Hitachi ABB

  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.

• Saudi’s SEC awards SAR94 million contracts to Al Ojaimi, NCC

  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).