KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) said that the Al-Wafra power plant project, which is planned to be completed by December, will contribute to raising the capacity of the electricity grid in Kuwait to about 2,500 megawatts.
The electricity interconnection project between the GCC countries and Kuwait is one of the most important infrastructure interconnection projects to reduce the required electrical reserve in member states and provide joint coverage in emergency situations. GCC nations will benefit from the surplus thereby reducing the cost of producing electric energy.
The Wafra Station project comes within the expansion projects of the Gulf Link, as it will connect the Kuwait network with the GCC electrical interconnection through four circuits with a voltage of 400 KV sustain electric energy security. The project consists of a double-circuit antenna line from Al-Fadhli station in Saudi Arabia to Kuwait with a length of 300 km. In addition, it will convert the existing double-circuit line between the stations. KFAED announced last May that the Gulf electrical interconnection expansion project with Kuwait has reached 75 percent of completion, and is progressing according to schedule. — KUNA