Egypt's Electricity Transmission Company, Elia Grid International sign 2 consulting contracts

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly witnessed Wednesday the signing ceremony of two contracts between the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the Belgian Elia Grid International, in the presence of Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker.

The first contract that aims to conduct a study of the unified national grid was signed by Sabah Mohamed Meshaly, the Chairperson and Managing Director of EETC, and Frederic Van Cauteren, Commercial Director of Elia Grid.

After the signing ceremony, the Minister of Electricity said that the scope of the advisory study, according to this contract, extends for a period of nine months, and includes a review of the dynamic model of the unified electrical network, with the huge expansions that took place in the network during the past eight years. It also includes the preparation for future electrical interconnection projects with neighboring countries and the European continent, in addition to preparing the necessary scenarios to deal with any emergency circumstances.