Egypt, KSA to decide on winners of Saudi-Egypt electricity interconnection project on 16 April

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company and Saudi Arabia will decide on offers for the Saudi-Egypt electricity interconnection project on 16 and 19 April, a government source tells Al Borsa. Alstom, ABB, and Siemens have all applied for the tender. Trial operations for the project, which will see Egypt and KSA exchange up to 3 GW of electricity, will begin in 2019, the ministry had previously said.