The outstanding decline of Kuwait’s energy technology sector hit a brand new and undesirable milestone final month; peak load exceeded obtainable technology capability. Lately launched statistics from the Ministry of Electrical energy (MEWRE) present that peak load reached a June document of 16.98GW (up 5.5% year-on-year), exceeding obtainable capability of 16.275GW. Worse nonetheless, when demand hit 16.98GW on 22 Might, obtainable capability was decrease nonetheless at simply 15.46GW resulting from ongoing upkeep work.
In an effort to deal with this, Kuwait considerably elevated its reliance on electrical energy imports via the GCC interconnection (GCCIA) within the second half of Might. Each day imports averaged round 14GWh (580MW) for the primary half of the month, however from 21 Might onwards they spiked to round 24GWh (1GW). (CONTINUED – 227 WORDS)
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