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The Electricity Ministry has begun work on electricity interconnection projects with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria, in a bid to export the surplus power it is generating, government officials tell Al Borsa<\/a>. This comes despite reports we noted last week<\/a> that the electricity interconnectivity grid tender with Saudi has been postponed. The ministry is expecting the country\u2019s surplus electricity to rise to 10 GW from a current 5.5 GW once the Siemens power plants come online at the of the year and will be downgrading the generating capacity at some of its other fuel-intensive power plants once that happens to save up on gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Electricity Ministry has begun work on electricity interconnection projects with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria, in a bid to export the surplus power it is generating, government officials tell Al Borsa. 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