MONTREAL, May 24, 2022
/CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC), a fully integrated
professional services and project management company with offices
around the world, has been awarded a four-year project management
office (PMO) and engineering design review services contract by The
Saudi Electric Company and The Egyptian Electricity Transmission
Corporation to support the Saudi-Egypt power grids project, the
Middle East and North Africa region's first large-scale high
voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnection.
"For more than half a century, SNC-Lavalin has established a
proven track record in the clean power market by delivering some of
the most complex HVDC interconnection projects around the world,"
said Ian L. Edwards, President and
CEO, SNC-Lavalin. "Our unrivalled engineering capabilities and
understanding of the energy market are coupled with the highest
quality standards and latest technologies to ensure we deliver
sustainable power solutions to our global clients and the
communities they serve."
SNC-Lavalin's PMO mandate includes supervising the design and
execution of the project, and involves supervision of contractors
throughout the engineering, construction and commissioning phases.
The project will be led by the company's regional expertise in the
Middle East and supported by its
global HVDC Center of Excellence in Canada.
The interconnection will extend 1,300 kilometers from
Cairo, Egypt, to Madinah, Saudi Arabia, with an intermediate
point located in Tabuk, Saudi
Arabia. Given the long distance involved and the fact that
the two countries use different electric frequencies, the
interconnection will use high voltage direct current (HVDC)
technology to allow for total control of the power flow in either
direction. Once complete, the $1.8 billion
USD Saudi-Egypt Interconnection project will allow the two
countries to exchange up to 3 GW of electricity at peak times,
powering upward of 20 million people.
"Our first-in-class HVDC engineering team, deployed in several
regions around the world, is honored to oversee the implementation
of such an impressive length of network across a challenging
geographic landscape that includes both land and sea," said
Philip Hoare, President, Engineering
Services, UK & Europe,
Middle East, India and Canada, SNC-Lavalin.
Since the 1970s, SNC-Lavalin established itself as a
world-renowned engineering provider for HVDC systems. Its global
team consists of highly experienced HVDC specialists and project
delivery teams supported by a network of world-renowned industry
experts. In 2010, SNC-Lavalin also successfully completed the
Front-End Engineering and Design mandate for the Saudi-Egypt power
grids project. Some of the Company's other flagship projects
include IE Rio Madeira ±600 kV DC Transmission Line in Brazil, Gulf Cooperation Council
Interconnection in the Arabian Gulf, and Western Alberta
Transmission Line in Canada.
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