Middle East & Africa News

Latest news and developments from Middle East and Africa regions

• Saudi’s SEC awards 380 kV Jillah–Layla OHTL [free access]

  April 5, 2022
  The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded the construction of a 282-km, 380 kV double-circuit overhead transmission line (OHTL) between Jillah and Layla to Saudi-based construction firm, National Contracting Company (NCC).

• Tanzanian TANESCO seeks consultancy services for link with Uganda

  April 1, 2022
  Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for providing consultancy services for undertaking an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), and other safeguards studies for the Uganda–Tanzania Transmission Interconnector Project (UTIP).

• TANESCO invites bids for additional transformers in Tanzania

  April 1, 2022
  Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) has invited international competitive bids for the supply, installation and commissioning additional transformers with switchgears for various substations.

• Technocrats Switchgears and CAFOMT win four contracts in Mali

  March 31, 2022
  India’s Technocrafts Switchgears Private Limited and Senegal’s Compagnie Africaine De Fourniture (CAFOMT), a consulting organisation, have won contracts from Mali’s electric utility Energie du Mali (EDM) for the supply, installation and commissioning of equipment and structures for 150 kV transformer bays and commissioning of 60 MVA power transformers at four substations.

• Nigeria to expand power infrastructure

  March 30, 2022
  Nigeria is planning to significantly expand its power transmission capacity and other power infrastructure to improve power supply to its population.

• Technical studies for Egypt–Cyprus–Greece undersea link underway

  March 29, 2022
  The technical studies for an undersea electrical interconnection to link the power grids of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece are currently underway.

• KFAED signs loan agreement with GCCIA for extending grid connection

  March 26, 2022
  The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has signed a loan agreement worth USD115.5 million with the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) for financing of the development of the GCC electricity interconnection system and further connecting it with the Iraq’s grid.

• India’s POWERGRID to soon launch EPC bids for Kenya’s PPP transmission project

  March 25, 2022
  India’s grid network developer Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) plans to soon issue global competitive bids for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a public private partnership (PPP) transmission project in Kenya.

• TCN completes construction of 330 kV Kaduna–Jos line in Nigeria

  March 24, 2022
  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has completed the final stage of construction of its new 330 kV double-circuit Kaduna–Jos transmission line, to upgrade its capacity to 1,500 MW from the present 500 MW.

• Nigeria’s TCN launches tender for 330 kV line [free access]

  March 22, 2022
  Recently, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) issued a tender for the construction of a 205-km, 330 kV Mando (Kaduna)–Rimin Zakara (Kano) quad conductor transmission line.

• India’s Tata Projects completes 225 kV substation extension in Mali

  March 22, 2022
  India’s Tata Projects Limited has completed the construction of bay extension works at the 225 kV Sikasso substation in Mali. The extension works was required for boosting power exchanges in Mali, Ghana, and Burkina Faso.

• Nigeria to complete substations and lines under Abuja Feeding Scheme by December 2022

  March 19, 2022
  As per the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the construction of five 330 kV and 132 kV substations along with transmission lines under the Abuja Feeding Scheme Project will complete by December 2022.

• OMVG project works in Gambia make progress [free access]

  March 18, 2022
  Projet Energie de l'OMVG or OMVG Energy Project, which aims to facilitate energy cooperation and regional integration among the Organisation de Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Gambie (OMVG) or the Gambia River Basin Development Organisation member countries, is making good progress.

• Taihan Cable to build 380 kV cable plant in Saudi Arabia

  March 17, 2022
  South Korean company Taihan Cable & Solution has announced that it will establish a joint venture (JV) in Saudi Arabia to produce ultra-high voltage (UHV) cables. This will be the company’s first UHV cable production outside of China.

• Saudi’s SEC awards contracts for HV projects Al Sharif, KEC, Linxon

  March 15, 2022
  Saudi Arabia’s power company Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded high voltage contracts to local Al Sharif, Indian KEC International and Linxon—a joint venture (JV) between Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation ABB and Canadian engineering services company SNC-Lavalin.

• CEPCO and L&T submits lowest bid for HV contracts in Saudi Arabia

  March 15, 2022
  Saudi Arabian Civil and Electrical Projects Contracting Company (CEPCO) and Indian Larsen & Toubro (L&T) have submitted lowest bids for high voltage tenders issued by Saudi Electricity Company (SEC).

• TCN explains nationwide load shedding

  March 15, 2022
  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said that the current nationwide load shedding is being carried out due to very low power generation by generation companies (GenCos).

• L&T bags shunt reactor order in UAE

  March 13, 2022
  Indian multinational company Larsen & Toubro's (L&T) Power Transmission & Distribution business has won turnkey orders for the supply and construction of shunt reactors in 132 kV substations in Dubai.

• Nigeria to invest USD2.7 billion in power infrastructure works

  March 9, 2022
  The Federal Government of Nigeria has planned to invest USD2.7 billion in power infrastructure projects. The investment is a part of the larger USD3.4 billion plan to execute 10 projects across the country.

• Schneider Electric and Cisco to build Egypt’s smart grid

  March 7, 2022
  France-based Schneider Electric and US-headquartered Cisco are working together to build Egypt’s largest smart grid—which will utilise artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) technology to manage and support the integration of traditional and renewable energy sources.