Hitachi ABB Power Grids wins Egypt power project deal
CAIRO, February 8, 2021 Global technology leader Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been awarded a key contract by state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to provide high-performance grid stabilisation technology to help improve power quality and expand transmission capacity in the strategic Owainat development area in southwest Egypt, where desert wasteland is being reclaimed for agricultural use. The contract was signed in the presence of the Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Dr Mohamed Shaker. This strategic project will provide EETC with a fully engineered solution based on a 200-megavolt ampere (MVAR) Statcom to be connected to the existing 220 kilovolt (kV) Owainat substation, thus enabling grid expansion and providing more power for rural development and a rapidly increasing population.