CAIRO — Egypt is moving from emergency electricity supplier to infrastructure partner in Sudan, combining two solar projects with an expansion of the bilateral power link to 300MW as Khartoum accelerates reconstruction of a war-damaged electricity system.
Sudanese Energy and Oil Minister Moatasem Ibrahim said Egypt is implementing two major solar-energy projects in Sudan, broadening cooperation beyond cross-border electricity supply into renewable generation and grid rehabilitation.
Authorities have not yet disclosed the projects’ individual capacities, investment values, contractors or locations. Separately, Sudan is advancing solar schemes totalling about 80MW across River Nile, Red Sea and Northern states.
The solar programme is progressing alongside a major reinforcement of the Egypt-Sudan interconnection. Sudan is currently receiving around 75MW through the existing link, while the double-circuit Toshka 2-Wadi Halfa project is designed to raise transfer capacity to 300MW.
Sudanese officials expect the upgrade to be completed within roughly four to five months, potentially bringing the higher capacity into service in early 2027. A subsequent phase envisages expanding the connection to as much as 1,000MW.
The programme revives expansion work interrupted after war broke out in Sudan in April 2023 and could accelerate restoration of power to agriculture, industry and population centres without waiting for full rehabilitation of damaged conventional generation assets.
It also opens a broader commercial field for Egyptian engineering companies, electrical-equipment suppliers, renewable-energy developers and transmission specialists as Sudan seeks private capital and technical support for reconstruction.
Egypt is already providing training in transmission, distribution, substations and interconnection systems, extending the relationship from electricity exports towards engineering, equipment supply and operational support.
The scale of the planned expansion underlines that shift: a link currently carrying about 75MW is being prepared for 300MW, with a longer-term target of 1,000MW — potentially turning the emergency power cooperation into a more permanent Egypt-Sudan electricity corridor.
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