The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy has announced that the 300 MW power interconnection project with Sudan is moving forward and is slated for activation in February 2019. All the pylons that will be used for the construction of the power line have been completed by the Indian construction firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T). The 220 kV line will span across 169 km within the Egyptian and Sudanese territories. It may later be upgraded to 500 kV to deliver up to 3,000 MW of electricity.
The project was developed in the framework of the 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.