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Ethiopia announced on Wednesday it had begun to test the electricity supply to Sudan as it aims to establish a permanent power export supply to the country.
Officials at the Ethiopian Electric and Power Corporation (EEPCo) said the power supply testing began this week following the completion of the Ethiopia-Sudan Transmission Line.
Ethiopia begins testing Sudan power supply.
The set up of the project cost some $41 million.
The 230 kilovolt transmission line is 296 kilometer-long and stretches from Ethiopia’s border to Sudan.
Initially, officials say, “Sudan will be provided with 100 megawatts of electricity as Ethiopia embarks on the test run.â€
The two countries had inked a number of power supply agreements a few years ago, but only recently began putting the infrastructure together.
The World Bank financed the project with ENEGROINVEST constructing the transmission line and SUNIR International engaged as a substation contractor.
European firms HIFABOY and FITCHER served as project consultants until the end of December 2010, with the Transmission and Engineering Office of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation taking over consulting and supervision as of 2011.
The transmission lines in Ethiopia have three sections, Bahir Dar-Gondar (137.2Km), Gondar-Shehedie (122Km) and Shehedie-Metema (37Km). The final section has been connected with a transmission line in Sudanese city of Gedaref.
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