According to the Egyptian Ministry of Energy, a 1,000 km interconnection project between Egypt and Sudan will begin operations on 12 January 2020. The power line will initially have a capacity of 50 MW and will reach 240 MW before the end of 2020. The project was built by the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) in partnership with Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Around US$32m of investment was required for the project.
The interconnection project is part of the broader North-South Power Transmission Corridor, an 8,000 km long power connection project, which will spread from Egypt through Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe to South Africa. Once built, it will connect the East African and Southern African Power Pools (EAPP and SAPP) and in particular transmit the power generated by the Great Renaissance dam in Ethiopia.