Siemens has completed a 400 MW extension to the Toshka substation three months after breaking ground, the company announced yesterday. The project will be a key component in exchanging power as part of the USD 60-70 bn Egypt-Sudan interconnection project, on which phase one trial operations is set to begin in March. Upon completion of all the project’s phases, a 170 km transmission line will have been installed from Toshka to Dongola in central Sudan. The project is crucial to our bid to become a regional energy hub.

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