Kuwait cut power to some agricultural and industrial users on 2 April as rising demand coupled with power plant maintenance threatened to overstrain the power sector. The move came despite peak electricity demand of just over 10GW being in line with recent seasonal norms, with similar demand levels reached in early April last year. This raises further concerns as to Kuwait’s ability to meet expected summer peak demand of around 18GW. The move is especially unusual given that available capacity – i.e. capacity after taking into account units under maintenance – was already at 10.02GW by February and has never been less than 12GW in recent years.
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