Egypt and Libya Regional Electrical Interconnection as the First Stage of Completion of the Regional Electrical Interconnection of the North African Region

This stage covers about 165 km from Saloum (Egypt) to Tobruk (Libya) to complete the North Regional Electrical Interconnection. An alternating current (AC) transmission line of about 165 km to exchange a capacity of (1000) megawatts with a voltage of (500/400) kV (Saloum (Egypt) 500 kV – Tobruk (Libya) 400 kV), with a back-to-back 500/400 kV converter station rated 1 000 MW. The project objectives are to:
• Facilitate the interconnection between the local/national networks/grids of the North African countries by using the combination of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) transmission lines, and connections to HV national networks