# Hitachi ABB Power Grids consortium wins HVDC link between Saudi Arabia and Egypt

A Hitachi ABB Power Grids-led consortium with Saudi Services for Electro Mechanic Works and Orascom Construction was awarded a contract worth several hundred million US dollars by Saudi Electricity Company and Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for a 3,000 MW HVDC interconnection.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-10-01
- Where: Medina and Tabuk (KSA), Badr (Egypt), Saudi Arabia
- Status: announced
- Capacity: up to 3,000 MW
- Products: HVDC converter stations, transformers, valves, high-voltage equipment
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md), [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi ABB Power Grids](https://endata.com/companies/8446.md)
- [Saudi Electricity Company](https://endata.com/companies/8447.md) (customer)
- [Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company](https://endata.com/companies/8448.md) (customer)
- [Saudi Services for Electro Mechanic Works](https://endata.com/companies/8449.md) (partner)
- [Orascom Construction](https://endata.com/companies/8450.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [hitachi.com](https://www.hitachi.com/en/press/articles/2021/10/1006a/), 2021-10-01: "The award is for the first ever large-scale HVDC interconnection in the Middle East and North Africa, enabling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the Arab Republic of Egypt to exchange up to 3,000 MW of electricity"
- [en.amwalalghad.com](https://en.amwalalghad.com/hitachi-abb-led-consortium-wins-egypt-saudi-arabia-link-grid-interconnection-project/), 2021-10-05: "A consortium led by Hitachi ABB Power Grids had won a contract for the first ever large-scale HVDC interconnection in the Middle East and North Africa."
- [pimagazine-asia.com](https://www.pimagazine-asia.com/hitachi-abb-power-grids-consortium-awarded-major-contract/), 2021-10-06: "Hitachi ABB Power Grids today announced that it is the lead in a consortium that has been awarded a major contract worth several hundreds of millions of US dollars."
- [blog.marketminute.com](https://blog.marketminute.com/article/acn-2021-10-6-hitachi-abb-power-grids-consortium-awarded-major-contract), 2021-10-06: "The award is for the first ever large-scale HVDC interconnection in the Middle East and North Africa."
- [marketminute.com](https://www.marketminute.com/article/acn-2021-10-6-hitachi-abb-power-grids-consortium-awarded-major-contract), 2021-10-06: "a consortium that has been awarded a major contract worth several hundreds of millions of US dollars from the Saudi Electricity Company and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company."
- [whig.marketminute.com](https://whig.marketminute.com/article/acn-2021-10-6-hitachi-abb-power-grids-consortium-awarded-major-contract), 2021-10-06: "The award is for the first ever large-scale HVDC interconnection in the Middle East and North Africa."
- [webnewswire.com](https://www.webnewswire.com/2021/10/07/japan-hitachi-abb-power-grids-consortium-awarded-major-contract/), 2021-10-07: "Hitachi ABB Power Grids today announced that it is the lead in a consortium that has been awarded a major contract."
- [energyconnects.com](https://www.energyconnects.com/news/utilities/2021/october/hitachi-abb-power-grids-consortium-awarded-contract-in-mena/), 2021-10-07: "The award is for the first ever large-scale HVDC interconnection in the Middle East and North Africa."

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