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3. EGYPT WITHIN REGIONAL INTERCONNECTIONS
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Egypt
is at the meeting point of the three
continents: Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Egypt will be a main partner in the
following future interconnections
which will be described in detail:
- The Five-Countries Interconnection
which links Egypt in Africa to
Jordan, Syria, and Iraq in Asia
to Turkey in Europe.
- The Pan-Arab Interconnection
which interconnects systems in
Africa to systems in Asia with
Egypt at the center.
- The Mediterranean Sea Power
Pool which interconnects Mediterranean
power systems in the three Continents.
- The Pan-Africa interconnection
system.
Egypt within the
Middle East
There are many definitions for the
boundaries of the Middle East. In
this presentation, it will be considered
as including the countries extending
from the Gulf on the east to the Atlantic
on the west, and extends northwards
to Turkey and southwards to Sudan.
It extends from east to west including
five time zones indicating one of
the main advantages of power systems
interconnection which is the diversity
of maximum demand. Domestic and lighting
loads which depend on day time and
evening time represent a large percentage
of the electricity consumption. In
addition, there is the shift in the
work hours period for the industrial
loads. With the very hot summer season
in the Arabian Peninsula, and the
freezing winter in Turkey, air-conditioning
and space heating indicate a pronounced
diversity of electric energy requirements.
This rather large region may be grouped
into three groups, however could ultimately
be interconnected in one electrical
system. The eastern group includes
the countries in the Arab Peninsula
and sometimes termed the Arab-Mashreq.
The western group includes the countries
in north Africa and sometimes called
the Arab-Maghreb. The central group
extends from Turkey in the north to
Sudan in the south, with Egypt in
the center. Looking to the map of
the region, Egypt could be considered
as a central point which would interconnect
together the power systems in the
three groups. |
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