Electricity Consumption To Rise During Summer

During the summer of next year, the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy expects an increase in electricity consumption of 861.4 megawatts, or 4.6 percent of production, which equals 18,727 megawatts. The electricity is generated by eight plants, including the Shaqaya plant, which produces 70 megawatts of renewable energy. It was explained by the sources that the rate of increase in consumption corresponds to the increase in the actual production of the stations, which puts pressure on the stations and reduces their safety.

This is especially true since Kuwait's electricity load reached a record high in the summer of 2023, reaching 16,905 megawatts on August 2. The stations are not operated at full capacity because there are a number of units that are annually under maintenance during the summer season. The sources called for the need to expedite the procedures for implementing the projects included in the ministry’s plan to meet the increasing demand for electricity in light of the expansion in the construction of new residential cities and the steady population increase.

They indicated that the ministry resorted to allocating a budget to purchase electricity worth KD 30 million from the Gulf Interconnection Authority during the current fiscal year in order to ensure the safe operation of the stations and confront any emergency during the summer, but it had not purchased energy in previous years. According to the sources, the ministry exported electricity to the Gulf network in the summers of 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, which were recovered in the winter, as part of the electrical cooperation and exchange program. Because of the documentary cycle and the lack of necessary budgets to propose and implement the projects, the energy productivity situation has changed in light of the non-implementation of new projects to produce electrical energy.

 

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