Elsewedy to complete power line in Egypt’s Benban solar complex September

Elsewedy Electric will complete in September a 185 km, 500 kV overhead power line to connect Benban 3, a transformer station in Benban’s solar park, to the grid through Naga Hamady in Upper Egypt, sources from the Electricity Ministry told the press. The transmission line, for which Elsewedy signed a EGP 1.7 bn agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, is now 88% complete.