The Sudanese Minister of Energy and Oil, Muhyiddin Naeem Muhammad Saeed, said that he is currently working to break the monopoly of electricity production in Sudan by the government, by amending the law in addition to allowing the private sector to produce electricity and attract investors to invest in renewable energies and benefit from various sources in the northern state. And the other states, and the important step is the government’s endeavor to increase the electrical connection between Egypt and Sudan to reach 300 megawatts.

The Sudanese Minister's statements came during his meeting with the delegation of the Northern State, in the presence of the Director General of Sudan Holding Company and the Director General of the Electricity Distribution Company.

The northern state needs to benefit from renewable energy, especially solar and wind energy, in addition to electricity for agricultural projects and the possibility of supplying important sites, cities and rural areas with electricity.

The Director General of the Sudan Electricity Company, Engineer Abdullah Ahmed Muhammad, stated that Sudan has distinguished and pioneering projects in the solar and wind energy sector, and the government is working to submit a study to determine the opportunities available for the entry of new investors into these projects in order to advance the electricity sector in Sudan.

The General Director of the Electricity Distribution Company, Engineer Montaser Abdel Rahman Al-Sheikh, announced that the current situation in Sudan in light of the ongoing war has led to the cessation of revenues for an entire year, in addition to Sudan’s need for huge resources to rehabilitate the electricity sector. He stressed the presence of a number of damaged attempts due to overloading due to connections. Randomness, and he addressed citizens on the need to rationalize consumption to maintain electricity in the country’s facilities.

This comes in line with a time when the Sudanese-Egyptian electrical connection operations are taking place through the state, in addition to the state’s richness in new and renewable energy sources, especially solar and wind energy, in light of the state’s need for electricity in order to provide food for all of Sudan, and it aims to accelerate work on the Dongola power station, which will be powered by energy. Solar.

The Sudanese Minister of Energy and Oil, Muhyiddin Naeem, explained that the electricity and oil sector are among the sectors most affected by the current war in Sudan. As damage was caused to the body of oil installations and power stations, which is represented by the loss of crude oil and petroleum products that were stored in strategic warehouses produced by the Khartoum Refinery, and the state pays all costs of continuing the electrical current throughout that period without citizens paying the bill.

The extent of the damage was limited to the oil and electricity sectors, where significant damage was caused to the high-cost power station. Citizens expect that in order for the electricity sector to be reconstructed, Sudan will need billions of dollars for the sector to return to how it was.

The total production volume from the combined electrical generation sources reached about 3,500 megawatts, which is considered the installed capacity. As for the available capacity, it now amounts to about 2,500 megawatts, and this is due to a number of circumstances, most notably the war.

During the winter, the demand for energy decreases in Sudan, which leads to a relative abundance, which means that the outage hours decrease from one hour to two hours only. However, during the summer, specifically in Ramadan, this is the peak time, as the demand for electricity reaches about 3 thousand megawatts, and in this case it is The deficit is expected to reach 500 megawatts, and may increase to 600 megawatts in the event of a malfunction, the exit of some stations, or problems in the electrical connection with Egypt and Ethiopia, which will lead to an increase in the number of hours of power outage.