Egypt sends wind and solar energy to Europe via submarine cables

Greek energy giant Copelouzos Group plans to lay an undersea cable to connect Egypt's 9.5GW of wind and solar power to Greece's Attica region. The project has recently been included in the Entso-E ten-year development plan.

                             

Greece's Koperuzos Group plans to build a 1,373-kilometer high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea transmission line. The line will connect Egypt with the Attica region of Greece.

The group said its representatives had recently joined Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly and the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy. Mohamed Shaker reviews the progress of the Gregy Elica interconnection project.

In October 2021, the European Union of Transmission Operators (Entso-E) included the project in its Ten-Year Development Plan for European Grids (TYNDP 2022).

Koperuzos said at the time: “In the context of European grid interconnection, its inclusion in TYNDP 2022 is the first necessary step, followed by the launch of the inclusion of this ambitious project in the sixth EU project of common interest (PCI). ) list of processes."

The 700 MW cable helps transmit Egypt's 9.5 GW of wind and solar energy to the Greek-Italian and Greek-Bulgarian transmission networks. It will be deployed at a maximum water depth of 2,527 meters.

Entso-E announced on its website: “The project is expected to allow Egypt to export renewable energy electricity to Greece during peak hours of renewable energy generation and vice versa, which will help significantly increase the role of renewable energy in the energy mix. participation, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power industry. This project is complex because, in addition to the long distances to be laid, multiple transmission system technologies are involved, including AC and DC lines, overhead, underground and subsea transmission lines.

According to Entso-E, the project is expected to start production in 2028.