Middle East & Africa News

Latest news and developments from Middle East and Africa regions

• Siemens, L&T submit lowest bids for SEC’s transmission projects [free access]

  September 28, 2020
  As per a news report, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has received the lowest bids from the Germany-based Siemens and India-based Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for the installation of 380 kV reactors at the Hail-3 substation and construction of the 380 kV Rafha–Qaisumah overhead transmission line (OHTL) projects respectively.

• Libyan GECOL electrifies Tripoli district

  September 28, 2020
  Recently, Libya’s state-owned General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) has announced that the majority districts of its capital city Tripoli have been supplied with electricity.

• Local Raissy Company submits lowest bid to Saudi’s SEC for 110 kV OHTL

  September 22, 2020
  Saudi-based Raissy Trading and Contracting Company has submitted the lowest bid of SAR52.9 million to the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for the construction of a 50-km-long, 110 kV overhead transmission line (OHTL) connecting the Al Salam and Bawat substations. A total of eight bidders had submitted proposals.

• NELSAP invites consultancy services for Uganda–DRC grid link [free access]

  September 22, 2020
  The Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Programme (NELSAP) has invited Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for consultancy services for the Uganda–Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) Power Interconnection Line Project.

• 250 MVA transformer energised at 140 MW Kangnas wind farm in South Africa

  September 22, 2020
  A 250 MVA transformer at the Groeipunt transmission substation, associated with the 140 MW Kangnas wind farm located in Northern Cape, South Africa, has recently been energised.

• HVDC EuroAfrica receive bids from two global cable players

  September 21, 2020
  EuroAfrica Interconnector Limited, a unit of Cyprus-based private company Quantum Energy, is developing the EuroAfrica Interconnector, which will connect the electricity grids of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece.

• Works on 225 kV Yaoundé–Abong-Mbang line in Cameroon to be completed by February 2022

  September 21, 2020
  As per the Cameroon’s Ministère de l'Energie et de l'Eau (MINEE) or the Minister of Water and Energy, the construction of the 225 kV Yaoundé–Abong-Mbang line will be completed by February 2022.

• Egyptian EETC seeks consultancy bids for 500 kV Badr–Sakakin OHL

  September 16, 2020
  As per news reports, state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has issued a local limited tender for assessing the environmental and social impacts of a 335-km-long, 500 kV overhead line (OHL) between the Badr and Sakakin transformer stations.

• UAE’s DEWA receives 13 bid proposals for 132 kV cable works

  September 15, 2020
  The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has received 13 proposals from bidders across the globe for the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 132 kV cable works for PONDVIEW and ABRAJST 132/11 kV to the NHDA loop, and a third feed to the DTRL 132/33 kV substation and associated works.

• Saudi’s SEC awards local Capital Lights SAR34.2 million transmission contract

  September 14, 2020
  Recently, the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded Saudi-based Capital Lights a turnkey contract worth SAR34.2 million for the connection of FAL Industrial City substation 8308 with the 132 kV grid network.

• Egypt, Jordan, Iraq plan to establish grid link [free access]

  September 7, 2020
  During the Egyptian–Jordanian–Iraqi summit, which happened in the last week of August 2020 in Jordan the three respective countries proposed to establish an electricity interconnection and an oil pipeline for enhancing the tripartite cooperation among the three parties.

• Siemens bags Egyptian contract to connect Bashaer El Khair City to national grid

  September 7, 2020
  The German multinational conglomerate, Siemens Energy, has bagged a turnkey contract from the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for connecting the Bashaer El Khair residential complex in Alexandria city, to the country’s national grid network.

• Egypt pushes deadline for privatisation of power sector from 2023 to 2025

  September 7, 2020
  As per news reports, the Egyptian government has extended the timeline from 2023 to 2025 for privatising the electricity sector, and transitioning it from a vertically-integrated, regulated state monopoly model to a fully competitive market.

• Morocco, Spain repair fluid leak in submarine power interconnection

  September 7, 2020
  Morocco’s National Office of Electricity (ONEE) and Spain’s Red Eléctrica de España (REE) have repaired a fluid leak of the biodegradable insulating liquid of a submarine cable (Number 4) in the power interconnection between Morocco and Spain.

• Indian Kalpataru incorporates wholly-owned subsidiary in Senegal

  September 7, 2020
  India-based engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) company, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL), has incorporated a wholly-owned arm in Senegal—Kalpataru Power Senegal–SARL (KPSS)—to venture into transmission and distribution (T&D) and railways business in the West African country.

• Saudi’s Keir secures SAR19 million 132 kV cable project in Saudi Arabia

  September 3, 2020
  Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded a SAR19.2 million contract for the connection of the New Al Malqaa Substation 8278 with its 132 kV grid network, to Saudi-based Keir International Company Limited (Keir).

• Egyptian Elsewedy Electric bags EGP355 million substation contract

  September 3, 2020
  Elsewedy Electric’s subsidiary, Elsewedy Electric for Trading & Distribution, has bagged an EGP355.5 million contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a substation in Sadat city, Egypt.

• EETC awards South Korean, Chinese consortium with EGP295 million substation contract in Egypt

  September 2, 2020
  Recently, state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has awarded a EGP295 million contract to a consortium comprising of South Korean Hyosung, and Chinese TBEA Hengyang and TBEA Zonfa for the construction of the 220/66/11 kV Alex West substation in Alexandria district.

• Saudi SEC signs syndicated financing agreement with seven local banks

  September 1, 2020
  As per news reports, the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has signed a seven-year unsecured syndicated borrowing agreement worth SAR9 billion with seven major Saudi banks, namely National Commercial Bank, Bank Albilad, Al-Rajhi Bank, Riyad Bank, Samba Financial Group, Banque Saudi Fransi and the Saudi British Bank.

• Oman’s ONEIC, Voltamp sign agreement for 220 kV power transformers

  September 1, 2020
  Oman’s local construction company, Oman National Engineering & Investment Company SAOG (ONEIC), has signed an agreement with Voltamp Power, a subsidiary of Voltamp Energy Oman, for the design, manufacture, supply, and testing of two 500 MVA, 220/132/33 kV power transformers.