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The project – implemented by a consortium of three global companies – will consist of three electrical transmission plants located in Saudi Arabia’s Medina and Tabouk, and Egypt’s Badr City connected by overhead power lines stretching on a total of 1,350 kilometers in addition to submarine cables.
Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy revealed that the electricity linkage between Egypt and Saudi Arabia would begin operation in Fall 2025 with a capacity of 3,000 megawatts as a first phase.
The project – implemented by a consortium of three global companies – will consist of three electrical transmission plants located in Saudi Arabia’s Medina and Tabouk, and Egypt’s Badr City connected by overhead power lines stretching on a total of 1,350 kilometers in addition to submarine cables.
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