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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/02\/03\/what-were-tracking-this-week-and-beyond-110\/\">trial operations<\/a> is set to begin in March. Upon completion of all the project\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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