ABU DHABI, 27th April, 2020 (WAM) -- The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, and Abu Dhabi Power Corporation, ADPower, announced today the issuance of a joint tender for a first-of-its-kind project in the Middle East & North Africa, MENA region. Together, ADNOC and ADPower will deliver valuable long-term synergies in national infrastructure and jointly attract international partners to Abu Dhabi. "This project will meet our future offshore power needs, even as our fields mature, using diverse and sustainable sources. The transmission system will comprise two independent sub-sea HVDC transmission links and converter stations that will connect to ADPower’s onshore electricity grid – operated by its subsidiary, Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company, TRANSCO – and provide a total installed capacity of 3,200 megawatts. The successful bidders, alongside ADNOC and ADPower, will develop and operate the transmission system, with the full project being returned to ADNOC at the end of the transmission agreement.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 27, 2020 07:30 UTC