International Journal of Sustainable Energy (Dec 2023)

Impacts of Kuwait’s proposed renewable energy goals on grid operations

  • Yousef M. Al-Abdullah,
  • Mahdi Al-Saffar,
  • Ali Al-Yakoob,
  • Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2023.2234057
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 1
pp. 776 – 792

Abstract

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Kuwait’s policy of achieving 15% renewable energy by 2030, announced in 2012, has been diverted from its original intent. Today, Kuwait’s renewable energy goal is to meet 15% of its projected peak load by 2030. To examine the actual outcomes, a comparison is offered between the original policy: annual energy share, the current policy: peak capacity share, and two other policies: installed capacity share and peak load share. The results demonstrate how these policies lead to drastically different outcomes. The total installed renewable energy capacity ranges from 4 GW to 27 GW; the total produced energy from renewables ranges from 8 TWh to 44 TWh; and the flexibility requirements ranges from 1.6 GW to 20 GW per hour.

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