# Hitachi Energy consortium awarded HVDC interconnection contract for Saudi Arabia-Egypt link

Hitachi Energy, as lead of a consortium, was awarded a contract worth several hundred million USD from Saudi Electricity Company and Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for a 3,000 MW HVDC interconnection between Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-11-20
- Where: Medina, Tabuk (Saudi Arabia) and Badr (Egypt), Saudi Arabia
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 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 Energy](https://endata.com/companies/15140.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

- [hitachienergy.com](https://www.hitachienergy.com/us/en/news-and-events/press-releases/2021/10/hitachi-abb-power-grids-consortium-awarded-major-contract-for-the-first-ever-large-scale-hvdc-interconnection-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa), 2023-11-20: "Hitachi Energy 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 from the Saudi Electricity Company and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.